In Obesity Fight, Does the Leptin Emperor Have Any Clothes?

Thursday, June 22, 2017 - 17:32 in Biology & Nature

The hormone leptin—discovered 22 years ago and named based on the Greek word leptos, “slim”—has been widely hailed as the key regulator of leanness. Yet, the key experiments that probe the function of this protein ... Read more

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