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Newly Discovered Gene Family Important in Fat Storage
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Title Newly Discovered Gene Family Important in Fat Storage
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/567623?src=rss
Description Scientists from New York report the discovery of a previously unknown gene family that plays a key role in whether or not cells store fat, a discovery that could lead to new approaches to obesity and related diseases, they say. Reuters Health Information
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Date Dec 18, 2007
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