Study Finds Virus Contributes to Obesity

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I was reading this article that they have a virus which contribute to obesity. They found that when human stem cells - the blank slate of the cell world - were exposed to a common virus they turned into fat cells. They didn't just change, they stored fat, too.
While this may be a guilt-free explanation for putting on pounds, it doesn't explain all or even most of America's growing obesity problem. But it adds to other recent evidence that blames expanding waistlines on more than just super-sized appetites and underused muscles.
For several years, researchers have looked at a possible link between obesity and this common virus, called adenovirus-36, from a family of viruses that cause colds and pinkeye in people. They had already found that a higher percentage of fat people had been infected with the virus than nonfat people. They had exposed animals to the virus and got them to fatten up and even found a a gene in the virus that causes animals to get obese.But ethical restraints kept researchers from exposing people to the virus to see what happens.
They took fat tissue from people who had liposuction, removed adult stem cells from the tissue and exposed the cells to the virus in the lab. Adult stem cells can regenerate and turn into different types of specialized cells to help the body heal itself.
More than half the stem cells exposed to the virus turned into fat cells and accumulated fats, while only a small percentage of the non-exposed stem cells did the same, said researcher Dr. Magdalena Pasarica, who presented the results Monday at the American Chemical Society's annual meeting in Boston.
My personal opinion from this article is I don't think there is a virus but I do believe that america does put alot of chemical to their food to keep them from not spoiling so I believe it has chemical reaction to our bodies if you go to a 3rd world country it as much of over here you wont gane the same weight as over here. I know this because I done it. Feed back?

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