{"id":258,"date":"2007-10-08T22:24:13","date_gmt":"2007-10-09T05:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/?p=258"},"modified":"2011-05-23T22:35:07","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T05:35:07","slug":"geneticists-get-the-skinny-on-fat-control-gene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/?p=258","title":{"rendered":"Geneticists get the skinny on fat-control gene"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 165px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asunews.asu.edu\/node\/1235\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Queensland fruit fly\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/7e\/Queensland_Fruit_Fly_-_Bactrocera_tryoni.jpg\" alt=\"Queensland fruit fly\" width=\"165\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni). Photo by James Niland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A gene identified over 50 years ago in fruit flies could provide a valuable weapon in the battle of the bulge. The gene, which influences which fruit flies are svelte and which ones are zaftig, is found in humans as well. Whether it will one day lead to the mythical \u201cskinny pill,\u201d however, remains anyone\u2019s guess.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/asunews.asu.edu\/node\/1235\" target=\"_blank\">Scientists find \u2018skinny\u2019 gene\u2019s value<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gene identified over 50 years ago in fruit flies could provide a valuable weapon in the battle of the bulge. The gene, which influences which fruit flies are svelte and which ones are zaftig, is found in humans as well. Whether it will one day lead to the mythical \u201cskinny pill,\u201d however, remains anyone\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/?p=258\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Geneticists get the skinny on fat-control gene<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,84,82,3],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biochemistry","category-genetics","category-health","category-science","tag-insects"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=258"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions\/260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}