Gene Therapy Shows Early Promise For Treating Obesity
With obesity reaching epidemic levels, researchers at the Ohio State University Medical Center are studying a potentially long-term treatment that involves injecting a gene directly into one of the critical feeding and weight control centers of the brain. “Obesity significantly increases the risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke and some cancers,” says Dr.
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Filed under: Biology on March 11th, 2009
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