27 min listen
05/12/2011 GMT
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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Dec 5, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
When leptin failed to be a wonder solution to obesity, this hormone produced by fat cells, disappeared from the headlines. Twenty years on scientists now believe leptin is critical to how the body works, regulating appetite, the immune response, inflammation and depression. Vivienne Parry investigates.
Released:
Dec 5, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 5 - Morten Kringelbach: A second series of public events on the role of science in society, from the BBC World Service with the Wellcome Collection. by Discovery