Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Obesity prevented in mice fed high-fat diet

Researchers activated the Hedgehog protein pathway in the fat cells of mice. After eight weeks of eating a high-fat diet, mice that had been engineered with genes to activate the pathway didn't gain weight, but control animals whose Hedgehog pathways were not activated became obese.

from Diet and Weight Loss News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/2iX7PKf

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