Making Metabolism More Inefficient Can Reduce Obesity

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Fri, 10/03/2008 - 21:45

In a discovery that counters prevailing thought, a study in mice has found that inactivating a pair of key genes involved in "fat-burning" can actually increase energy expenditure and help lower diet-induced obesity.


 

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