{"id":333091,"date":"2024-06-25T08:00:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T05:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/?p=333091"},"modified":"2024-06-25T14:16:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T11:16:01","slug":"chinese-scientists-identify-gene-that-may-help-protect-against-obesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=333091","title":{"rendered":"Chinese scientists identify gene that may help protect against obesity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beijing, SANA- Chinese researchers have discovered a specific gene that may enhance resilience to obesity, potentially illuminating the complex mechanisms behind the major global health issue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Chinese media, a new study conducted by Professor Jin Li and Assistant Professor Zheng Hongxiang of Fudan University showed that genetics might also play an important role in how some people avoid obesity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scientists found through this study a type of mitochondrial DNA called mtDNA, which is common in southern China and Southeast Asia, may help protect against obesity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Professor Li said that this nuclear DNA, could help us better understand how genes influence obesity and may also lead to new ways to treat and prevent this condition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the World Health Organization, more than a billion people in the world were obese in 2022, noting that obesity is a major health problem worldwide because it is linked to risks such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Latifa Moammar \/Manar Salameh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beijing, SANA- Chinese researchers have discovered a specific gene that may enhance resilience to obesity, potentially illuminating the complex mechanisms behind the major global health issue. According to Chinese media, a new study conducted by Professor Jin Li and Assistant Professor Zheng Hongxiang of Fudan University showed that genetics might also play an important role &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":333092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6987,23,11],"tags":[30054],"class_list":["post-333091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-latest-news","category-news-bar","category-science-and-technology","tag-chinese-scientists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333091"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=333091"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333111,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333091\/revisions\/333111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/333092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=333091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=333091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=333091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}