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The multi-tasking nature of the hormone asprosin

January 19, 2018February 5, 2018AgRP neurons, apetite control, appetite control, asprosin, blood-brain barrier, endocrinology, extreme thinnes, hypothalamus, neonatal progeroid syndrome, ovesity, POMC neurons

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

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Discovery of the new hormone asprosin could have potential implications in treatment of diabetes

June 1, 2016asprosin, Diabetes, endocrinology, neonatal progeroid syndrome, whole exome sequencing

By Dipali Pathak When Dr. Atul Chopra began studying a rare genetic condition called neonatal progeroid syndrome (NPS) he did not suspect that his discoveries

From the Labs: Microscopy image of a brain region that coordinates survival adaptations to food shortages. Image courtesy of the authors/Cell Reports, 2021.