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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6977423.stm"><DIV class="sh"> Gene 'controls body fat levels' </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6977423.stm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.bbc.co.uk/img/8AA263A0-03D0-439D-9055-C646A7CCE493" alt="Scales" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6977423.stm"><B>A single gene can keep in check the tendency to pile on fat, scientists have shown.</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6977423.stm"> <TD width="629" valign="top"><TABLE width="629" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><TBODY><TR><TD width="629" valign="top"><A name="startcontent"></A><SPAN class="ds"><SPAN class="lu">Last Updated: </SPAN>Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 23:54 GMT 00:54 UK</SPAN> <IMG width="2" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="2" border="0" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" /> <DIV class="mvb"><IMG width="629" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="1" border="0" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/dot_629.gif" /></DIV> <DIV class="mvtb"><TABLE width="416" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><TBODY><TR><TD width="213"><A target="Mailer" href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/email/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6977423.stm" class="epl"> <IMG width="17" vspace="0" hspace="3" height="11" border="0" align="left" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/email.gif" /> E-mail this to a friend </A></TD><TD width="203"><A target="Printer" href="http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6977423.stm" class="epl"> <IMG width="17" vspace="0" hspace="3" height="11" border="0" align="left" alt="" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/print.gif" /> Printable version </A></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE width="629" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><TBODY><TR><TD colspan="3"><DIV class="mxb"> <DIV class="sh"> Gene 'controls body fat levels' </DIV> </DIV> </TD></TR><TR><TD width="416" valign="top"><FONT size="2"> <TABLE width="203" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"><TBODY><TR><TD><DIV> <IMG width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="152" border="0" alt="Scales" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44095000/jpg/_44095284_scales203.jpg" /> <DIV class="cap">Obesity may be at least partly in the genes</DIV> </DIV> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>A single gene can keep in check the tendency to pile on fat, scientists have shown.</B></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6977423.stm"><FONT size="2">The University of Texas team manipulated the gene, called adipose, to alter the amount of fat tissue laid down by fruit flies, worms and mice. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6977423.stm"><FONT size="2">If the same effect could be achieved in humans, which also carry the gene, it is hoped it could lead to new ways to fight obesity and diabetes. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6977423.stm"><B>Health impact</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6977423.stm"><FONT size="2">Mice with experimentally increased adipose activity ate as much or more than normal mice. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6977423.stm"><FONT size="2">However, they were leaner, had diabetes-resistant fat cells, and were better able to control insulin and blood-sugar metabolism. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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