Scientists block RNA silencing protein in liver to prevent obesity and diabetes in mice

(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) Obesity and its related ailments like type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease pose a major global health burden, but researchers report in Nature Communications that blocking an RNA-silencing protein in the livers of mice keeps the animals from getting fat and diabetic conditions.
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