Another study was able to confirm only one of 50 proposed obesity genes.
DeCode will search for obesity genes by looking through a population of 70, 000 Icelanders and checking for differences in their DNA. Genes that obese people have in common will be pinpointed within the 3.1 billion letters of DNA code found in nearly every human cell.
Dr Ian Campbell, chairman of the National Obesity Forum, told BBC News Online about 250 genes which may be linked to obesity were currently under investigation.
Scientific publications on genes linked to obesity and other ailments continued to juice the stock price.
The obese will die, their genes that tend to obesity will die out and the human race will be thin, just as they wish it to be.
Obesity runs in families--genes alone can predict up to 40% of the chance of becoming severely overweight--and overeating seems linked to other family-related disorders such as alcoholism and drug addiction.
If those studying the genetics of obesity concentrate all their efforts on the genes in human cells, they might thus be looking in the wrong place.
If we can identify genes which have a particularly prominent influence on obesity that would be useful, but it wouldn't necessarily make treatment any easier.
Obesity is the result of an extremely complex interplay of factors, including dietary habits, environment, genes, etc.
His team has used the data to narrow the location of 21 genes for a like number of disorders, including arthritis, Parkinson's disease, obesity and stroke.
Stefansson's team has used the data to narrow the location of 21 genes for a like number of disorders, including arthritis, Parkinson's disease, obesity and stroke.
Obesity, diabetes and heart disease are the scourges of our time, and one set of three related genes might be able to combat all those diseases.
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