This news article by Deborah Josefson (13 March, p 689) used the wrong abbreviation for the enzyme protein tyrosine phosphate 1B. The abbreviation should have been PTP-1B not PTB-1B.
. 1999 May 15;318(7194):1341.
Scientists discover a gene involved in diabetes and obesity
Copyright © 1999, British Medical Journal
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This corrects the article "Philippines tackles air pollution" on page 689.