Jeffrey Friedman
Jeffrey Friedman · Science & Medicine
Molecular geneticist who discovered leptin, the hormone that regulates appetite and body weight.
1954, Orlando, Florida, USA
United States (New York — Rockefeller University)
Jeffrey Friedman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Molecular geneticist who discovered leptin, the hormone that regulates appetite and body weight.
Friedman, an American Jewish molecular geneticist, used positional cloning in mice to identify the gene for leptin in 1994, revealing the hormone by which fat tissue signals the brain to regulate appetite and body weight. The discovery reframed obesity as a physiological, hormonally regulated condition rather than a simple failure of willpower.
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Molecular geneticist who discovered leptin, the hormone that regulates appetite and body weight.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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