Is a Means of Inhibiting Obesity on the Way?

Shutting the Door on Obesity is a HUM-MOLGEN article touching on a subject of considerable interest to many Americans- obesity. It cites a study showing that the intestinal enzyme MGAT2 is needed to build up fat in mice. An absence of MGAT2 can protect against high cholesterol as well as obesity. This suggest that the development of a drug, that can inhibit the enzyme MGAT2, could confer important health benefits.