'Starving' fat suppresses appetite

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Sun, 01/31/2010 - 23:00

(University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center) Peptides that target blood vessels in fat and cause them to go into programmed cell death (termed apoptosis) could become a model for future weight-loss therapies, say University of Cincinnati researchers.


 

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