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So Thompson and his team wondered whether possession of the FTO gene variant might be associated with brain-volume loss.

FTO will not be the only gene that influences obesity, and inheriting a particular variant will not necessarily make anyone fat.

The Amish study involved 704 people; blood samples determined which of those had a variation in the FTO gene linked to obesity.

FTO comes in two varieties, and everyone inherits two copies of the gene.

The researchers believe that the flawed version of FTO is more active than the normal one and 'turning it down' could dampen appetite.

The latest research, from Oxford University and the Medical Research Council, shows that FTO does make us fat.

The FTO gene is also known to be expressed in the human brain.

Once we know how FTO causes obesity we have the potential to look at developing drugs to treat it.

The image at left reveals some brain deficits in people with the FTO obesity gene.

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

Pharmaceutical FTO requires systematic patent search and analysis on each factors such as API, formulation, manufacture process etc.

It is easy to characterize the biosensor due to the excellent optical transparency of FTO.

The researchers found that having a copyof an FTO variation increased an adult's risk of obesity by about 30%.

The gene is called the FTO gene.

This led them to wonder whether FTO really influenced obesity instead, and they followed up their theory in a further 37, 000 people.

About 74% of peoplefrom Europe, 76% of African Americans and 44% of thoseof Asian descent carry a copy of an FTO variation.

In April, scientists announced the discovery of FTO, the first clear genetic link to obesity that is carried by large numbers of people.

FTO has been shown to predispose people to type 2 diabetes if they are overweight.

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