Scientists hoped that leptin, which regulates body fat, could pave the way for obesity treatments. The results in mice were hailed as “miraculous,” and Amgen licensed the hormone for $20 ...
As things turned out, however, the Laboratory provided a very fertile environment—with excellent colleagues and world-class mouse models ... In humans, many leptin deficiency syndromes are ...
This is a graphical abstract that explains how the hormones leptin and neurotensin help mice balance their nutritional and social needs. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...
Although previous research has shown that the hormone leptin acts directly on hunger ... and biophysics and director of the Vanderbilt Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center, were also integral ...