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Swedish researchers have concluded that the number of fat cells present in the body is a constant, remaining unchanged regardless of how much a person weighs or gains. Every year about 10 percent of Read more...

Australian scientists say that targeting angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) can be an effective way to spur weight loss and prevent diabetes. And the research demonstrates that ACE-inhibitors could Read more...

A dozen new Biomedical Research Units created under the U.K.'s National Institute for Health Research will receive more than €56 million to fund translational work on ailments that include obesity Read more...

Working on the theory that bones respond best to low magnitude, high frequency 'signals,' researchers at the Center for Biotechnology, State University of New York at Stony Brook have completed an Read more...

Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have added to the store of knowledge linking dopamine to obesity. A brain-imaging study revealed that the fat rats had lower levels of dopamine D2 Read more...

Investigators have determined that a virus may play a key role in promoting obesity in some people. The researchers say that adenovirus-36--a well known respiratory virus--turns adult stem cells Read more...

In a remarkable breakthrough for weight research, scientists have reported the discovery of a neurochemical pathway that stimulates the accumulation of fat in animals laboring under chronically high stress and exposed to a diet of junk food. Inhibiting the pathway prevented weight gain in mice but selectively spurring the mechanism allowed for the strategic accumulation of weight--potentially opening a new pathway to mold larger breasts, firmer buttocks and younger faces.

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A new study in mice raises the possibility that humans may one day be able to eat any kind of fat they want without raising their risk of heart disease. The study involved deleting a gene in the mice that causes production of ACAT2, an enzyme that alters the molecular structure of cholesterol so that it can be transported to the body's cells.

"We deleted an enzyme in mice and they could eat any type of fat and not get heart disease," said Lawrence Rudel, Ph.D., a professor of …

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Ronald M. Evans, an investigator at The Salk Institute in San Diego, has developed a drug that switches on the PPAR-d gene in mice, protecting them against weight gain from high-calorie and high-fat diets. The drug--which mimics fat--triggers their metabolisms and generates a physical response similar to exercising. After treatment, the mice had lower levels of fatty acids, triglyceride and sugar levels. These mice also exhibited much greater stamina, allowing them to exercise twice as …

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Steve Bloom at Imperial College London's Hammersmith Hospital is developing a new obesity drug from a hormone found in the gut. Bloom's research team has linked gut hormones, which are released while a person eats, to appetite control. Their work is concentrating on the pancreatic polypeptide to emit signals to the brain to stop eating. …

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