New drugs from fat bugs?

Authors: Rosen ED

Signal transduction cascades, such as Hedgehog (Hh) signaling, are potentially important targets for new drugs. A new study in this issue of Cell Metabolism identifies hedgehog signaling in the formation of the Drosophila fly body and in mammalian adipogenesis.

Cell Metab. 2006 Jan;3(1):1-2

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