Thursday, May 19, 2011
Turning 'bad' fat into 'good': A future treatment for obesity?
Turning 'bad' fat into 'good': A future treatment for obesity?
By knocking down the expression of a protein in rat brains known to stimulate eating, Johns Hopkins researchers say they not only reduced the animals' calorie intake and weight, but also transformed their fat into a type that burns off more energy. The finding could lead to better obesity treatments for humans, the scientists report.
"If we could get the human body to turn 'bad
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