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Spotlight: Oct 5, 2022

A new study maps out the cells, genes, and cellular pathways involved in exercise-induced weight loss. “High-fat diets push all of these cells and systems in one way, and exercise seems to be pushing them nearly all in the opposite way,” says Manolis Kellis.

Oct 5, 2022

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