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Born Lucky: Scientists Discover A 'Skinny' Gene...Will It Help The Rest Of Us?

First Posted: 3/28/08 Updated: 11/17/11

MSNBC.com:

Scientists now say they have discovered the "skinny" gene. And they've found this lucky batch of DNA in a variety of animals, according to a report published Tuesday in the journal Cell Metabolism.

"This gene is in every organism from worms to humans," says the study's senior author, Dr. Jonathan Graff, an associate professor of developmental biology and internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. "We all have it. It's very striking."

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