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  • Are you waiting for a new exercise pill?

    Don’t get too excited.
    By giving ordinary adult mice a drug - a synthetic designed to mimic fat - Salk Institute scientist Dr. Ronald M. Evans is now able to chemically switch on PPAR-d, the master regulator that controls the ability of cells to burn fat. Even when the mice are not active, turning on the […]

    Monday 11th August 2008 - 4:48:40 PM | Comment