Reuters:

Changes in diet and a sedentary lifestyle have fueled an obesity epidemic, but genetics also play a role and could explain why some people put on weight more easily than others, a leading obesity expert said on Friday.

I don't doubt that genes are important in obesity, but it seems clear to me that poor diet and lack of exercise is the key to the obesity epidemic as genetic makeup has not changed in the past 100 years while obesity rates have skyrocketed.

-Tim

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Sci-Fi Today:

Research at the University of Toronto has led to an experimental vaccine in lab animals that halts further infections by prions, the cause of various neurological diseases including bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) , commonly known as Mad Cow Disease. Prions are not living organisms; they are instead misshapen proteins that can cause a chain-reaction warping of other proteins that lead to brain-destroying fatal accumulations of prions.

5:14:45 PM