IRX3 is likely the 'fat gene' (EurekAlert, 12 March 2014)

13 Mar 2014


A collaboration between researchers in the US, Canada and Spain, published in Nature, investigates the function of the FTO gene and the mechanism behind its link to obesity, through genetic engineering studies in mice and analysis of human cell samples.

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