When I first moved to Bridgend, I was greeted with a deep, resonant bark from my neighbour’s house. Somehow the word “bark” doesn’t fully convey the sound coming from over the honeysuckle laden fence between our houses. This was a “woof, woof, woof” of the most extraordinary timbre, the kind of noise you would hear [...]
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Is there a fat pill on the way?
Posted: 16th November 2010 by Martyn in LifeTags: Chris Church, cost, DNA, economy, FTO, lie, lies, Mammalian Genetics Unit, Medical Research Council, MRC, Nature Genetics, NHS, Oxford University, Professor Frances Ashcroft, Professor Frances Ashcroft In, Professor Roger Cox, read-write, UK, Wellcome Trust
Scientists have gained strong confirmation of the direct connection between the FTO gene and obesity, obtaining the first direct evidence that over-activity of the gene leads to overeating and obesity in mice. The research team from the University of Oxford and Medical Research Council (MRC), with funding from the Wellcome Trust and MRC, have published [...]