positive step

I posted this in the gene therapy section but I think it might also apply to this category and it also seems that noone replies to any messages in there.

Here are a few articles that were recently published. I think they are very positive steps. They are about a protein that was being researched for anti-obesity also is shown to inhibit hair growth as well as wrinkles.

http://aladdin.wustl.edu/medadmin/PAnews.nsf/news/13EF3C8C924561AF86256CFC0078AF1B?OpenDocument

http://www.oregonlive.com/science/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/104980350750700.xml