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Archive Home > 2006 > May > 18 > The leptin puzzle

The leptin puzzle

Twelve years after its discovery, scientists unsure how hormone affects body weight

By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
May 18, 2006

In 1994, Dr. Jeffrey Friedman, a researcher at Rockefeller University in New York City, discovered a hormone that seems to play a crucial role in regulating body weight. He named the hormone leptin, from the Greek word for thin, leptos.

From a practical standpoint, that's been a connection in....

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