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Leading the charge in leptin research: an interview with Jeffrey Friedman

Jeffrey Friedman is a molecular geneticist whose group, in 1994, reported the long-sought identity and function of leptin (Zhang et al., 1994), a key fat-derived hormone that regulates feeding behaviour and body weight. This represented a massive step forward in our understanding of obesity, which i...

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Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Limited 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3424452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22915017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/dmm.010629