Gene R. Kritsky: A New Contributing Editor

A Message from New Editor-in-Chief

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Introducing a new review editor

EDWARD STUART (b. 1965) studied Pharmacology at University College Dublin, Ireland where he obtained his B.Sc. (1987), M.Sc. (1988) and Ph.D. (1992). His doctoral thesis concerned the influence of the sympathetic nervous system on the liver and was performed in the University of Berne, Switzerland. He received post-doctoral training at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Gotting...

A Gene Contributing to Human Obesity

The Fto gene was first cloned after identification of a Fused toe (Ft) mutant mouse, whose phenotype arised from a 1.6mb deletion of six genes, including Fto [1, 2]. FTO is a very large gene, also known as fat mass and obesity associated gene. In human, it is located on chromosome 16, consisting of 9 exons and spanning more than 400kb [3]. FTO mRNA is widely expressed in different tissues, espe...

a message from new editor-in-chief

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A new perspective on the determinants of the concept of aging: a letter to the editor