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Nature 444, 1009-1010 (21 December 2006) | doi:10.1038/4441009a; Published online 21 December 2006
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Physiology: Obesity and gut flora
Matej Bajzer1 & Randy J. Seeley1
Abstract
The intestinal bacteria in obese humans and mice differ from those in lean individuals. Are these bacteria involved in how we regulate body weight, and are they a factor in the obesity epidemic?
See our streaming video for more on this research.Much has been said and written about the sequencing of the human genome, and the research avenues that it has opened up.
- Matej Bajzer and Randy J. Seeley are in the Department of Psychiatry, Genome Research Institute, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45237, USA.
Email: seeleyrj@ucmail.uc.edu
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