And mice bred without MCH remain lean - and fertile - which has made it a popular candidate for anti-obesity drugs as well.

而且，没有MCH而被饲养的小鼠保持瘦的体型并能够生育——这也可能使其成为大受欢迎的候选抗肥胖药物。

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Investigations into the genetic basis of human obesity are important for understanding the mechanism of obesity formation and for design and screening of anti-obesity drugs.

深入分析人类肥胖的遗传基础，对于阐明肥胖发生的机理以及对于搞肥胖药物的设计和筛选具有重要意义。

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We can now think about developing drugs that turn down the activity of the FTO gene as potential anti-obesity pills.

现在，我们可以考虑开发减弱fto基因活性的药物，用作抗肥胖药。

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Dr Dongsheng Cai, who led the research, said that that the pathway could possibly be used in anti-obesity drugs.

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He said although an estimated 30% of the populations of developed countries were obese, the use of anti-obesity drugs was due to fashion.

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"It is a tour de force and offers a new and potentially exciting opening for developments of new anti-obesity drugs -- something which is badly needed, " says Dr. George Bray, chief of the Division of Clinical Obesity and Metabolism at Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University.

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