Fat virus

Fat virus

The fat virus is the popular name for the concept that some obesity in humans and other animals has a viral source. The AD-36 adenovirus has been observed to increase the amount of body fat on laboratory animalsFact|date=August 2007, an effect that has been duplicated on chickens and monkeys. Human testing has not been committed on grounds of research ethics.

ee also

*Nikhil Dhurandhar
*AD-36
*Pennington Biomedical Research Center
*Obesity

External links

* [http://www.thebostonchannel.com/health/3934517/detail.html "Can You 'Catch' Obesity?"]
* [http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/0-9/4health/food/ove_fatvirus.html "Could Fat Be Catching?"]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/helthrpt/stories/s139957.htm The Fat Virus]


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