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How do we overcome two global health pandemics? – Pursuit
As the world rolls out COVID-19 vaccines, the obesity pandemic remains – but new University of Melbourne research into the Yap protein may help to change that.

Associate Professor Paul Gregorevic and Dr Kevin Watt
With the development of COVID-19 vaccines, what looks like a pathway out of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has appeared.
Not so for the worlds obesity pandemic. There is still an urgent need for effective interventions to treat the more than 650 million people worldwide facing significant health challenges due to obesity, including 350 million people suffering from type 2 diabetes.
COVID-19 vaccines are providing what looks like a pathway out of the…
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