Boosting fat-burning by blocking Gq proteins
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 13:20
in Health & Medicine
The number of overweight people is increasing worldwide -- and thus the risk of developing diabetes or cardiovascular disease. For this reason, many dream of an active substance which would simply melt off fat deposits. An international team of scientists has now come one small step closer to this dream: The team discovered a switch in the fat cells of mice and humans with which excess pounds can be burned off.