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Switching off the FNIP1 gene protects against metabolic disease

Published: 08/05/2026, 12:00 AM

Switching off the <i>FNIP1</i> gene protects against metabolic disease

This is a summary of: Hindy, G. et al. FNIP1 variants are associated with favourable metabolism in 1 million humans. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10864-2 (2026). Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout ‘Expert opinion’ is published under a CC BY 4.0 licence and Figure 1 is published under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. Article PubMed Google Scholar Cohen, J. C., Boerwinkle, E., Mosley, T. H. Jr & Hobbs, H. H. N. Engl. J. Med. 354, 1264–1272 (2006). Article PubMed Google Scholar Article PubMed Google Scholar Article PubMed Google Scholar