Gaining Weight? You Have a Bone to Pick with Calcium
Weizmann Institute scientists have discovered a gene that may cause weight gain in older people, regardless of their diet. When diets fail, people often blame their genes. Now scientists lend...
Same Microbe, Different Effect
New collaborative research from the Weizmann Institute of Science has asked a different question about the bacteria in our microbiomes, and the answers, recently published in Nature, could help target...
Immune Cells’ New Role in Preventing Obesity
In the 1880s, Russian zoologist EIie Metchnikoff invented the term macrophage – meaning ‘big eater’ – for a certain type of white blood cell, due to the way it devours...
New Research May Help Future Dieters Keep the Weight Off
Following a successful diet, many people are dismayed to find their weight rebounding – an all-too-common phenomenon termed ‘recurrent’ or ‘yo-yo’ obesity. Worse still, the vast majority of recurrently obese...