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Roundworms altered in lab may hold key to obesity
Scientists have manipulated hundreds of genes to create roundworms that are sleek and trim - a feat that could someday lead to new obesity treatments for people. Harvard biologist Gary Ruvkun used a promising new technique to identify about 400 genes in the roundworm's genetic code related to fat ...
January 19, 2003; Sunday Gazette-Mail

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