obesity
Evotec Strikes Metabolic Disease Research Alliance With Inserm, Lille University Hospital
Evotec will use samples from an ongoing clinical trial of obesity to generate omics data that can provide insights into the etiology of various metabolic diseases.
Phenomix Sciences Closes $5.5M Series A Round, Gets $2.3M NIH Grant
The company recently launched a multiomics blood test that is designed to identify three different obesity phenotypes to help guide weight loss treatments.
Cord Blood Proteins Linked to Weight at Birth, Early Childhood
Researchers quantified inflammation-related proteins in cord blood samples from nearly 300 infant-mother pairs, identifying proteins associated with weight at birth and in later years.
UK Biobank Study Links Two Neuronal Genes to Adult-Onset Obesity
Rare coding variants in APBA1 and BSN, which have neuronal functions, were found to increase the risk for high adult BMI and obesity.
White Adipose Tissue Proteins Linked to Diabetes, Exercise Training in Proteomics Study
Researchers highlighted diabetes- or weight-related white adipose tissue signatures, and searched for adipose tissue proteomic shifts after an eight-week exercise intervention.