Engineering Skin with Skinny Genes

Publication date: 3 August 2017
Source:Cell Stem Cell, Volume 21, Issue 2
Author(s): Anika Böttcher, Heiko Lickert, Matthias Tschöp
The increasing prevalence of obesity and diabetes is an urgent worldwide health challenge. Now in Cell Stem Cell, Yue et al. (2017) report a proof-of-concept study using genetically engineered skin transplants that produce the incretin GLP-1 to prevent diet-induced obesity, suggesting a powerful approach for treating metabolic disorders.

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The increasing prevalence of obesity and diabetes is an urgent worldwide health challenge. Now in Cell Stem Cell, Yue et al. (2017) report a proof-of-concept study using genetically engineered skin transplants that produce the incretin GLP-1 to prevent diet-induced obesity, suggesting a powerful approach for treating metabolic disorders.


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