Breakthrough Discovery - An Obesity Gene? Gladstone Institute Study

What if a single gene that could be turned on and off was responsible for your fat? Discovery of such a gene would be a significant step to improving the health of millions. A scientist at the Gladstone Institute, a leading and independent biomedical-research organization affiliated with the University of California San Francisco, may have done just that. Gladstone Senior Investigator Eric Verdin, MD, describes such a gene in his paper, Molecular Cell.