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2009-03-28

Enzyme could determine obesity

I figured it was either this or an allergy of some sort!
Reporting their findings in the journal Nature Medicine, the researchers wrote: "Our studies identify MGAT2 as a key determinant of energy metabolism in response to dietary fat and suggest that the inhibition of this enzyme may prove to be a useful strategy for treating obesity and other metabolic diseases associated with excessive fat intake."
... and here is an interesting article on the same subject

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