One in Six Billion
A podcast about diabetes and genes hosted by Andrew Hattersley and Maggie Shepherd.
One in Six Billion
Series 2 Episode 1. Tim Frayling and Rachel Freathy. Finding the Fat gene
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Andrew Hattersley and Maggie Shepherd
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Season 2
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Episode 1
We talk to Tim Frayling and Rachel Freathy about how they discovered the “Fat gene”. Working with Oxford, the Exeter team showed a genetic change near FTO predisposed to obesity. This was the first and largest common genetic change altering weight.