Disease, with Dr Rupy Aujla

Dr Giles Yeo Chews the Fat by Alice Lloyd

Jul 6, 202136:54Science & Medicine

Why do people of different ethnicities have different susceptibilities to diseases like type 2 diabetes? And how are our fat cells affected by our genes? Dr Rupy Aujla is a doctor, author, and podcaster; he joins Dr Gile...

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