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appetite control

From The Labs

The multi-tasking nature of the hormone asprosin

When Dr. Atul Chopra, a medical geneticist at Baylor College of Medicine, and his colleagues discovered in 2016 a new

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More than an anticoagulant; heparin also promotes appetite in mice

November 9, 2017 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments AgRP neurons, anticoagulant, appetite control, heparin, hypothalamus, weight control, weight gain

Naturally-produced heparin is well-known for its role as an anticoagulant. Heparin is also widely used as a medication to prevent

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The hunger-satiety switch

February 6, 2017 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments AgRP/NPY neurons, anorexia, appetite control, behavior, control of appetite, Diabetes, Obesity, overeating, potassium channel, SK3

When we are hungry, we eat; when we are full, we stop. Most of the time. Breaking this rule, however,

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From The Labs features the cytoplasmic distribution of p53-R175H mutant protein (green) in TYK-Nu ovarian cancer cells that have been treated with the drug MCB-613. Read more.