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Researchers believe they have identified why a mutation in a particular gene can lead to obesity, BBC reported.

Mice experiments suggested the body's message to stop eating was blocked if the animals had undergone this mutation. The study, published in Nature Medicine, said the brain's response to the appetite hormones was being interrupted.

The Georgetown University Medical Center researchers hope their findings can lead to new ways to control weight.

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肥胖基因阻斷飽食感

???????據英國廣播公司報道，研究人員通過動物實驗，揭示了基因變異導致肥胖的原因。

?????? 白鼠基因發生此類變異后，終止進食指令傳遞受阻，大腦對食欲激素反應紊亂，該成果已發表在《自然醫學》雜志上。

?????? 美國喬治城大學醫學中心的科學家表示，這一發現有望找到控制體重的新途徑。

(China.org.cn March 20, 2012)