What if scientists could study human psychiatric illness in plants? Yale researchers think it’s possible and they’ve taken an important first step. In a study published June 2 in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences , they investigated a gene very similar in both plants and mammals and looked at how it affects behavior in each.
Yale scientists have discovered that a protein known as augmentor-alpha regulates body weight in mice, an insight that could lead to new treatments for metabolic disorders.The findings were published April 11 in the Proceedings of the National Academ
Discovery of a protein that regulates body weight in mice could lead to treatments for metabolic disorders and for people experiencing harmful weight loss.
By studying the behavior of a protein tightly linked with a wide range of cancers, scientists have uncovered the role it plays in regulating body weight, deepening our understanding of the way our bodies respond to food.