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Researchers use smartphone data in global study of physical activity
Researchers at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, have tracked physical activity by population for more than 100 countries.
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Major new appetite regulator successfully manipulated in mice
A new study has found a link between certain brain receptors and obesity, giving a possible new drug target for appetite regulation.
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Obesity behind surge in kidney cancers
Kidney cancer rates have increased by 40% over the last 10 years in the UK, and the rise is expected to continue. An estimated 20,000 kidney cancer cases have been caused by obesity over the last decade in England, according to new figures from Cancer Research UK.
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Obesity can reprogram muscle stem cells
Obesity is associated with reduced muscle mass and impaired metabolism. Epigenetic changes that affect the formation of new muscle cells may be a contributing factor, according to new research from Lund University, Sweden.
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Flu vaccines fail to protect obese mice
8 August 2016 | By St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Using vaccines prepared from killed viruses, the scientists targeted an influenza A H1N1 seasonal flu strain, finding that obese mice are not protected against influenza infections through vaccines, raising concerns about vaccine response in obese humans, who are known to be at an increased risk for severe flu...
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Newly identified pathway could lead to obesity treatments
30 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Scientists identified a natural molecular pathway that enables cells to burn off calories as heat rather than store them as fat...
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Study identifies how altered gut microbiota causes obesity
8 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
In a new study, a Yale-led team of researchers has identified how an altered gut microbiota causes obesity...
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Brain cells that play a crucial role in appetite identified
13 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Scientists have identified cells, NG2-glia, that play a crucial role in appetite and weight gain - a discovery that could lead to anti-obesity treatments...
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MedImmune explores a therapeutic lead for treatment of Type 2 Diabetes and obesity
22 April 2016 | By SMi Group
SMI Reports (12.04.2016): MedImmune Senior Director for R&D to present keynote address on MED10382 at the 3rd Peptides Conference in London...
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Potential new approach to combat obesity
15 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
A study suggests that stimulating heat production in brown adipose tissue can improve weight-management and glucose tolerance...
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miR-155 deletion prevents diet-induced obesity in mice
23 March 2016 | By Victoria White
In a study, despite eating a high-fat diet for 3 months, miR-155 knockout mice did not become obese and had enhanced metabolic rates...
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Plasticell and Pierre Fabre in brown fat enhancement collaboration
23 February 2016 | By Victoria White
Plasticell and Pierre Fabre are to work together to discover plant-based products that enhance the metabolic function of brown adipose tissue...
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Potential target for reducing obesity-related inflammation
16 November 2015 | By Victoria White
Investigators found that a protein called SIRT3 provides resistance to obesity-related inflammatory response...
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Novo Nordisk and UW to explore the role of the brain in obesity
3 November 2015 | By Victoria White
The collaboration aims to understand factors mediating brain control of blood glucose and appetite with the ultimate goal of developing new therapeutic agents for the treatment of diabetes and obesity...
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Rapamycin reduces body fat and appetite in older rats
16 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Rapamycin, a pharmaceutical used to coat coronary stents and prevent transplant rejection, reduces obesity and preserves lean body mass when given to rats...
