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Scientists from Queen’s University Belfast have developed a computer-aided data tool that could improve treatment for a range of illnesses. The

The programme, which is part of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Collaborative Training Partnerships (CTPs) scheme

21 Apr 2021 Share: Ever stood at your refridgerator staring into it and wishing you could switch off the hunger pangs that took you there in the first place? Now, with the help of one family's genetic disposition to suffer uncontrollable and persistent hunger, researchers have uncovered the mechanism of action of the master switch for hunger in the brain shedding new light on the way hunger is regulated. Results have uncovered a 3D structure that reveals how a unique molecular switch in our brain causes us to feel full - and may help develop improved anti-obesity drugs. Being constantly ...

Photo Credit: Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Being constantly hungry, no matter how much you eat – that’s the daily struggle of people with genetic defects in the brain’s appetite controls, and it often ends in severe obesity. In a study published in Science on April 15, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science, together with colleagues from the Queen Mary University of London and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, have revealed the mechanism of action of the master switch for hunger in the brain: the melanocortin receptor 4, or MC4 receptor for short. They have also cla...

Being constantly hungry, no matter how much you eat, is a daily struggle for people with genetic defects in the brain's appetite controls, and it often ends in severe obesity. In a study published in Science on April 15, researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science, together with colleagues from the Queen Mary University of London and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, have revealed the mechanism of action of the master switch for hunger in the brain: the melanocortin receptor 4, or MC4 receptor for short. They have also clarified how this switch is activated by setmelanotide (Imcivre...