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Professor Stephen O’Rahilly talks about obesity gene on BBC Inside Science

08 Jun 2021


Professor Stephen O’Rahilly, former Society for Endocrinology President, appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science show to discuss new research on the genetic component of obesity. The new study, published in Nature Medicine, identified a common variant of the gene MC4 linked to increased body weight. The segment starts around 9 min into the show.

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