Discovery Reveals How Obesity Causes Disease -- and two Ways to Stop It (IMAGE)

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Discovery Reveals How Obesity Causes Disease -- and two Ways to Stop It

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Norbert Leitinger, Ph.D. (left), and Vlad Serbulea, Ph.D., of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, have determined why obesity causes harmful inflammation that can lead to diabetes, clogged arteries and other health problems. Doctors may be able to use this knowledge to battle these chronic diseases and others driven by damaging inflammation.

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Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications

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