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EPISODE · May 28, 2024 · 24 MIN

Series 2 Episode 1. Tim Frayling and Rachel Freathy. Finding the Fat gene

from One in Six Billion · host Andrew Hattersley and Maggie Shepherd

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. Send a text

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