The number of people who has diabetes and over-weight problem are increasing in the developed country include Australia. However the scientists from University of Michigan made a new discover that may be able to help these sufferers.
The scientists found that if one of the genes in mice is missing, mice will “turn a high-fat diet into heat instead of body fat.” This gene called I kappa B kinase epsilon or IKKε, it “helps regulate inflammation also stops fat cells from wasting energy.” The study shows that when IKKε is missing in mice, on a high-fat diet they gain 8 grams less than the normal mice on average in three months. Even the mice still gain weight but it clear shows there is a link between the gene missing and mice’s energy balance.
Now days drug only help control diabetes or over-weight problem, people still need to change their diet and have to exercise to help with their conditions. If the “gene works the same way in humans as in mice,” this will be a great news also a new target for antiobesity drug.
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