In recent years, for instance, studies have indicated that fat is far from the lone culprit in human weight gain, and that carbohydrates play a hefty role. “Mice are a good model for human obesity . .

The de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences wants to bring back the woolly mammoth—starting with a very furry mouse.

The ob gene -- ob for obesity -- was moved into mice in 1995, and the photo of the fat mouse next to the thin mouse with the ob gene was carried by nearly every media outlet in the nation. Overnight ...

Obesity rates have been steadily rising around the world for many years. Obesity has been linked to a variety of health problems including metabolic .. | Microbiology ...

And in either scenario, how do they make a comeback after lactation ceases? To find out, Philipp Scherer’s group at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center took advantage of the lab’s ...