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March 10, 1999 8:00 AM UTC
Researchers at UC Davis Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center and the French Centre National de la Recherche pinpointed a new gene, ucp2, believed tp play a role in weight gain. The UCP2 protein, produced in mitochondria, burns excess calories in the diet by uncoupling respiration at the electron transport stage. Uncoupling results in heat generation rather than fat synthesis (See Noteworthy, Part I). ...