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Mutant Mice Living the Dieter's Dream

Monday, September 21st, 2009 - 19:38:44 - Ehud Rattner

It's a dieter's dream: imagine that your appetite simply reduced, making it easy for you to eat less, but your body continued to burn the amount of...

Molecular Thermostat and Diabetes

Sunday, September 13th, 2009 - 19:38:14 - Ehud Rattner

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered a molecular circuit involving heme that helps maintain proper...

Exclusion of Key Enzyme Reduces Obesity

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 - 12:27:12 - Anuradha Menon

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified a new enzyme that plays a far more important role than expected in controlling...

'Cure' Obesity with Fat Destroying Worms

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 - 16:45:23 - Anuradha Menon

Usual metabolic process goes awry in recently discovered mutation, burning lipids instead of storing them. A previously unknown mutation discovered...

Anti-Obesity Drugs Effective Against FLU?

Monday, September 29th, 2008 - 09:57:30 - Ehud Rattner

Viruses dramatically increase cellular metabolism, and existing anti-obesity drugs may represent a new way to block these metabolic changes and...

The Exercise Pill
Friday, September 19th, 2008 - Anni Shaer Levitt
If you don't like exercising you're definitely not alone in your aversion. However, soon there may be a solution for you –...

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New Way to Increase Metabolism Discovered

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 - 10:43:19 - Ehud Rattner

Scientists from Melbourne’s Howard Florey Institute have discovered a way to aid weight loss and reduce the likelihood of developing diabetes by...