Epigenomics discovery yields new information about fat cells

By creating a 'map' of histone modifications in fat cells, investigators have discovered two new factors that regulate fat formation, a key step on the road to better understanding obesity, diabetes and other metabolic disorders. Led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre (BIDMC) and the Broad Institute, the study appears in the October 1 issue of the journal Cell...

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