Austrian researchers find enzyme linked to obesity health complications

VIENNA: Austrian and German researchers have found the enzyme HO-1 to be a key factor in determining the degree of sickness that results from obesity, APA reported Thursday.

In a collaboration between scientists from the Medical University of Vienna, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, and the Paracelsus Medical University, it was found that obese individuals with lower levels of the enzyme showed less tendency toward sicknesses typically related to obesity such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.