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Distillery: Therapeutics - Endocrine disease

SciBX 2(25); doi:10.1038/scibx.2009.1011
Published online June 25 2009

Leptin receptor (LEPR)

Studies in mice suggest that boosting LEPR activity on proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons could help prevent diabetes and obesity. Further details on the research, next steps and licensing status are discussed in the article.


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