In a new study, Simon Musyoka Mwangi and colleagues tested whether higher levels of a certain protein help fight the weight gain and health problems caused by eating the wrong foods.More than one-third of people in the US are obese.
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Diabetes: help from the brain
With the aid of genetic and physiological procedures, Dr Christophe Lamy of the University of Fribourg has succeeded in tracing the path of neurons in the brain stem which leads to hypoglycemia. A precise analysis of the associated mechanisms has shown that there is a specialised population of neurons which carry out the function of blood glucose sensors in this region of the brain.