Lack of sleep may lead to gaining weight: study (Reuters, 16 May 2011)

Growth hormone treatment tied to diabetes in kids (Reuters, 13 May 2011)

Discovery of 'master switch' gene for obesity and diabetes (Medical News Today, 15 May 2011)

16 May 2011

A multi-national collaborative study published in Nature Genetics has described a 'master regulator' gene, known to be associated with type 2 diabetes and cholesterol, which regulates the expression levels of multiple genes that are found in fat tissue and linked to a range of metabolic traits.

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