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Could blocking a single gene cure obesity without diet and exercise? fiercebiotech
January 02, 2019
One of the biggest obstacles that obese people face as they try to lose weight is struggling to stick with diet and exercise plans. Scientists led by Flinders University in ......
Is Your State a Hotspot for Obesity-Linked Cancers? drugs
December 28, 2018
What state you call home may have a great deal to do with your chances of developing an obesity-related cancer, a new report suggests.....
CRISPR controls obesity in mice by amplifying rather than editing genes fiercebiotech
December 26, 2018
The genes SIM1 and MC4R regulate food intake by signaling the feeling of being full, which is why mutations in those genes are associated with severe obesity.....
Diabetes drugs cost NHS more than £1bn a year pharmaphorum
December 04, 2018
Diabetes prescriptions are costing the NHS in England more than £1 billion a year, driven by an increase in the number of patients rather than rising drug costs.
Genetic Analysis Shows Higher BMI May Up Risk for Depression drugs
November 30, 2018
Being overweight likely plays a causal role in the development of depression, even in the absence of other health problems, according to a study published online Nov. 13 in the International Journal of Epidemiology......
Tough to overcome obesity? The gut microbiome might to blame fiercebiotech
November 25, 2018
The gut microbiome is widely viewed as potential target for novel therapeutics, and not just for its role in gastrointestinal conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease. Now scientists are providing fresh insights into how intestinal bacteria contribut
Obesity both feeds tumors and helps immunotherapy kill cancer worldpharmanews
November 15, 2018
A groundbreaking new study by UC Davis researchers has uncovered why obesity both fuels cancer growth and allows blockbuster new immunotherapies to work better against those same tumors. The paradoxical findings, published today in Nature Medicine, give c
Two Factors at Birth Can Boost a Child's Obesity Risk drugs
November 14, 2018
Two Factors at Birth Can Boost a Child's Obesity Risk
Genomic study directly links depression to obesity pharmaceutical-technology
November 14, 2018
A genomic study conducted by the University of Exeter, UK, and the University of South Australia has found that higher body mass index (BMI) has a strong psychological association with depression, including in the absence of other health problems.
Embark and Novo Nordisk enter collaboration to discover novel therapeutics for obesity and metabolic disease worldpharmanews
November 10, 2018
Embark Biotech ApS and Novo Nordisk A/S have entered into a research collaboration focusing on the discovery of novel treatments for obesity and its associated metabolic pathologies through mechanisms that increase energy expenditure.

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