Obesity: We inherit the dangerous fat from Dad -- and the good fat from Mom

[Northerner]

A team of researchers, led by Professor Jan-Wilhelm Kornfeld from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Elena Schmidt from the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany and Martin Bilban from the Medial University, Vienna, Austria, have made a groundbreaking discovery in obesity research.

The team has discovered a new function of the gene H19. This gene proves to have a unique protective effect against the development of overweight and consequently could affect the onset of overweight-associated disease such as diabetes, overweight and cardiovascular diseases.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180906100438.htm

 

[mikeyB]

So what? There’s useful research, and just vaguely interesting research. This is neither. Mouse genes express themselves to make mice. And there are no fat mice in nature. These folk haven’t the first idea what this gene does in humans.