Fitness & Wellness

Suppression of fat deposition with gene therapy discussed

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, September 22nd, 2005

Researchers discuss the suppression of fat deposition using gene therapy in a recent issue of Peptides.

"Unexpended energy is stored as fat in the body and increased rate of fat accretion culminates in obesity. Obesity increases the risks of many diseases several-fold and shortens lifespan. A progressive deficit in the central feedback effects of leptin, a peptide produced by fat cells and hypothalamus, results in increased weight gain and obesity," investigators in the United States report.

"This article summarizes our experimental findings to show that a stable increase in leptin availability in the hypothalamus alone with the aid of leptin...

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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2005-09-22)

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