{"id":638754,"date":"2019-11-26T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=638754"},"modified":"2019-11-26T12:00:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T16:00:07","slug":"hibernating-mammals-arouse-hope-for-genetic-solutions-to-obesity-metabolic-diseases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=638754","title":{"rendered":"Hibernating mammals arouse hope for genetic solutions to obesity, metabolic diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hibernation is one of nature&#8217;s strangest quirks, inducing bears and other mammals to pack on massive weight\u2014amounts that would be unhealthy for humans\u2014so they can survive months of slumber. Yet when these animals reemerge, they are as fit as ever. Now University of Utah Health scientists say they have detected new genetic clues about this phenomenon that could lead to better understanding and treatment of obesity and metabolic disorders that afflict millions worldwide.&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n Click here for original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2019-11-hibernating-mammals-arouse-genetic-solutions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Hibernating mammals arouse hope for genetic solutions to obesity, metabolic diseases<\/a>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Phys.org&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hibernation is one of nature&#8217;s strangest quirks, inducing bears and other mammals to pack on massive weight\u2014amounts that would be unhealthy for humans\u2014so they can survive months of slumber. Yet&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-638754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phys-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=638754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=638754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=638754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=638754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}