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| Title: Hormone That Slimmed Fat Mice Disappoints as Panacea
in People
Writer: Gina Kolata |
Date: October 27, 1999
Source: New York Times On The Web |
| Lead: A new clinical study of the hormone leptin finds that it is not the weight-loss panacea that obesity researchers had hoped for. but researchers say the hormone remains important because it is opening the door to a new era of precise pharmacological manipulation of body weight. | |
| Keywords: Amgen, biotechnology, Dr. Andrew S. Greenberg, metabolism, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Dr. Steven B. Heymsfeld, Journal of the American Medical Association, Dr. Jeffrey S. Flier, endocrinology, Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center, Dr. Jules Hirsch, Rockefeller University, David Kaye, body fat, Dr. Stephen O'Rahilly, metabolic medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ideal body weight, Georgia Division of Public Health, Harry DuVal, faculty, fitness center, Dr. William Dietz, Science Reporters Convention. | |
