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Researchers Identify Drugs that Enhance Exercise
(07.31.08)
HHMI researchers have identified two drugs that mimic many of the physiological effects of exercise.

SCIENTISTS WORKING ON EXERCISE, OBESITY, AND RELATED DISEASES

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Ron Evans

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Exercise in a Pill?
(May 2007)
Not quite. But toying with metabolism's machinery might lead to obesity-fighting drugs that bolster the effects of a workout.

FROM BIOINTERACTIVE

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2004 Holiday Lectures on Science: The Science of Fat

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HHMI Bulletin: May 2012

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Cover Story: Cells on the Move
Exploring the building blocks of cell movement, researchers are revealing delightful dances—and changing dogma.

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Enter the Samurai
Loren Looger likes to solve other people's problems—at least their technical ones. That's working out well for his Janelia Farm colleagues.

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Making Bigger Better
Scaling up research opportunities in introductory science courses requires a new way of thinking and working.

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Opening the Floodgates
To speed the hunt for disease-related genes, researchers are delving into the exome, the fraction of the genome responsible for encoding proteins.

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