Popular Mechanics July 17, 2026 • 13:00

Scientists Just Found a Secret Switch That Turns Off Fat Storage—And Turns On Fat Burning - Yahoo

By Darren Orf

Scientists Just Found a Secret Switch That Turns Off Fat Storage—And Turns On Fat Burning - Yahoo

Silencing the expression of the MTCH2 protein in human cells made them “immune” to obesity.

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For the past 50 years, a majority of the Western world has been in the grips of an obesity epidemic. Th… [+3605 chars]

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