Obesity Gene Identified

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  Obesity Causing Genes Identified!

  The team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found genetic sites that affect human body's size and shape, including height and obesity. The findings will help understand how genes can predispose certain individuals to obesity.

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  Gene Mutations Responsible For Obesity Identified

  This can offer new treatment techniques to fight obesity.

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  Gene That Protects Against Obesity Identified: Study

  London: Scientists have identified a gene that could protect against obesity by increasing the feeling of fullness, a finding that may lead to potential new therapies to treat eating-related disorders. Researchers from King’s College London and Imperial College London in the UK tested a high-fat diet, containing a fermentable carbohydrate, and a ...

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  Single Gene Variation Linked to Obesity

  Researchers have identified a single variation in a gene that influences obesity in children and adults by lowering the levels of a certain protein that helps us feel full.

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  Obesity 'Master-Switch' in Genes May be Turned Off: Study

  Scientists have identified a genetic master-switch that makes some people more prone to obesity than others.

• Obesity gene identified

  Scientists have identified what they claim is the "master switch" gene which causes obesity, a breakthrough which could help treat fat-related diseases such as heart disease and diabetes.A team led by Tim Spector of King's College London, which has made the discovery, claims that the DNA controls other genes found in the body's fat cells.In fact, p...