Since the discovery in 1994 of the obesity gene and its product, the fat-busting protein leptin, scientists have been racing to understand and apply this modern marvel. The ob gene -- ob for obesity - ...

In the past, obesity often was considered a sign of weak willpower and a lack of self-restraint. But the discovery of the obese gene (ob gene) in 1994 by Jeffrey Friedman, a Howard Hughes Medical ...

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