According to new preliminary research published Thursday, scientists may have discovered the gene that helps super-skinny individuals stay slim, potentially opening up a new frontier in treatments to tackle obesity.
In this Jan. 20, 2010, file photo, a waist is measured during an obesity prevention study in Chicago. We all know the type. They can eat all they want, spend zero time at the gym and don't put on an ounce.scientists may have discovered the gene that helps these super-skinny individuals stay so slim, potentially opening up a new frontier in treatments to tackle obesity.
"The Estonia biobank is very unique in its detail," said senior author Josef Penninger, a professor in the department of medical genetics and the director of the Life Sciences Institute at the University of British Columbia. This new finding suggested a different mutation of the gene may play a role in thinness and resistance to gaining weight. To test this, the scientists conducted experiments on flies and mice and found that deleting this gene resulted in thinner versions of those flies and mice.
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