A new study in Caenorhabditis elegans worms has identified 14 new genes that promote obesity and 3 genes that prevent diet-induced obesity. Ke et al. report 14 genes that promote obesity and 3 genes that prevent diet-induced obesity when silenced in Caenorhabditis elegans. Image credit: Renée Gordon, FDA. “We know of hundreds of gene variants that are more likely to show up in individuals suffering obesity and other diseases. But more likely to...
