A mutation in the gene encoding the appetite-controlling hormone leptin (LEP) found to cause extreme obesity in a young child, researchers report. Martin Wabitsch et al describe insatiable appetite and early-onset extreme obesity in a 2-year old caused by a homozygous transversion in LEP. The boy had a high serum
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Dr. Kristine Novak is the science editor for Gastroenterology and Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. She has worked as an editor at biomedical research journals and as a science writer for 15 years, covering advances in gastroenterology, hepatology, cancer, immunology, biotechnology, molecular genetics, and clinical trials. She has a PhD in cell biology and an interest in all areas of medical research.
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