13 Dr. Jing Yang

EPISODE #13 - Dr. Jing Kang – How the Fat-1 Mouse Creates Omega-3 from Omega-6Recording date: February 25, 2022Broadcast date: March 23, 2022                                                             Hosts: Drs. Bill Harris & Kristina Harris Jackson Guest: Dr. Jing Kang, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at Harvard & Director of the Laboratory for Lipid Medicine and Technology at Mass General HospitalBackground and Key Takeaways: Dr. Jing Kang is an associate professor in the Department of Medicine at Harvard University and he's also the director of the Laboratory for Lipid Medicine and Technology at Mass General Hospital. He received his MD degree in China and then got his PhD at the University of Alberta. He then went on to do post-doctoral work with Alex Leaf at Harvard University where he remains to this day. Several years ago, Dr. Kang created Fat-1 transgenic mice, which are capable of producing omega-3 fatty acids from omega-6 fatty acids, leading to abundant omega-3 fatty acids with reduced levels of omega-6 fatty acids in their organs and tissues, and without the need of getting omega-3 from the diet. In this episode, Dr. Kang talks about the implications of using Fat-1 technology in both research studies and to increase the fatty acid content of the food supply naturally.To watch this episode, visit our YouTube channel.To read the full transcript from this OmegaMatters episode, visit https://omegaquant.com/omegamatters-broadcasts/.To learn more about omega-3 testing, visit: https://omegaquant.com/omega-3-index-complete/