Rockefeller University: Scientist's 30-Year Quest Reveals Why a Fat-Sensing Hormone Can Lose Its Effectiveness, Leading to Obesity
March 07, 2025
March 07, 2025
NEW YORK, March 7 -- Rockefeller University issued the following news:
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A scientist's 30-year quest reveals why a fat-sensing hormone can lose its effectiveness, leading to obesity
In 1994, Jeffrey M. Friedman discovered a hormone that monitors our body's fat cells and signals our brain when it's time to eat. Because animals become obese when this hormone is missing, he named it leptin, after the Greek for "thin". In the decade . . .
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A scientist's 30-year quest reveals why a fat-sensing hormone can lose its effectiveness, leading to obesity
In 1994, Jeffrey M. Friedman discovered a hormone that monitors our body's fat cells and signals our brain when it's time to eat. Because animals become obese when this hormone is missing, he named it leptin, after the Greek for "thin". In the decade . . .