Why do we like to eat?
- đ¤ Speaker: Dr Sadaf Farooqi, Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellow at Addenbrookes
- đ Date & Time: Monday 09 March 2009, 18:00 - 19:00
- đ Venue: University Centre
Abstract
Dr Sadaf Farooqi, a Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellow at Addenbrookes Hospital will look at the genetic factors which cause human obesity and the dramatic response that patients can experience following leptin therapy, including the critical role this hormone plays in the regulation of human food intake.
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Dr Sadaf Farooqi, Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellow at Addenbrookes
Monday 09 March 2009, 18:00-19:00