Stock Photo - 19 December 2022, Saxony, Leipzig: Petri dishes containing cell cultures from a young patient with extreme obesity are seen in an incubator. According to a press release from the University of Leipzig, a research team at the medical school was able to discover a new mechanism associated with an unusual expression of a gene, with the control of hunger pangs and with severe obesity in children. The goal of the research, he said, is to translate findings from genetic studies into future personalized treatments for obesity. Obesity and resulting diseases are among the leading causes of death worldwide. The causes of obesity are not yet fully understood. Photo: Waltraud Grubitzsch/dpa. - Leipzig/Saxony/Germany