Key to 'curing' obesity may lie in worms that destroy their own fat
Monday, December 8, 2008 - 12:18
in Health & Medicine
A previously unknown mutation discovered in a common roundworm holds the promise of new treatments for obesity in humans, McGill University researchers say. Their study was published Dec. 3 in the journal Nature, and was funded by the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.