Monday, September 27, 2004
Leptin
Leptin has been getting plenty of play recently, due to emerging understanding of its many roles in metabolic and body-weight regulation. A new study confirms an earlier report that leptin therapy (specifically, recombinant leptin therapy) can restore menstruation in women with hypothalamic amenorrhea. This is interesting because it gives great insight into a number of important systems, not because we need pregnant supermodels.
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