Mice With ‘Shunts’ Become Super Fat Burners

By inserting a molecular shunt into the livers of mice, researchers have shown they can make the animals burn more fat. That so-called glycoxylate shunt consists of two metabolic enzymes normally found in bacteria and plants, but not in mammals, according to the report in the June issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication. “It’s an additional channel for burning fat to control obesity,” said James Liao of the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Filed under: Biology on June 4th, 2009