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New obesity and diabetes study findings have been published by scientists at Boston University, Cancer Research Center

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, February 1st, 2010

Current study results from the report, 'Brd2 disruption in mice causes severe obesity without Type 2 diabetes,' have been published. According to recent research from the United States, "Certain human subpopulations are metabolically healthy but obese, or metabolically obese but normal weight; such mutations uncouple obesity from glucose intolerance, revealing pathways implicated in Type 2 diabetes. Current searches for relevant genes consume significant effort."

"We have reported previously a novel double bromodomain protein called Brd2, which is a transcriptional co-activator/co-repressor with SWI/SNF (switch mating type/sucrose non-fermenting)-like functions that...

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