Austrian scientists to curb obesity by using gene

VIENNA, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Austrian scientists found that gene therapy is able to inhibit the formation of body's useless fat. according to the latest issue of the scientific magazine Cell.

After a large number of studies and researches in animal genes, scientists from Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) and Institute of Molecular Pathology at University of Salzburg in Austria (IMP) found that the intervention effect of gene on the formation of body fat could not be ignored.

"Mice in adolescent are still very slim, but very healthy". Studies have proven that slim mice almost have no excessive fat.

The research result shows that an adult mammalian body has not only white fat, but also a small amount of brown fat.

The white fat cells serve primarily to store fat, resulting in obesity what people usually do not want to see, while brown fat cells are capable of burning dietary fat and convert it directly into heat.