'Sensor' protein could help fight against obesity and diabetes

23 Oct 2015


Researchers in Australia have identified an internal ‘sensor’ protein called NLRP1 that helps fight obesity by instructing cells to burn their fat stores; they published their study this week in the journal Cell Metabolism.

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