Eat More, Weigh Less: Worm Study Provides Clues to Better Fat-Loss Therapies for Humans
Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 11:41
in Biology & Nature
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered key details of a brain-to-body signaling circuit that enables roundworms to lose weight independently of food intake, and there are reasons to suspect the circuit exists in a similar form in humans and other mammals.