MRI study shows hormone leptin alters brains, may ease cravings of people with obesity gene
...t: The findings suggest Leptin may play a role in modulating personal behavior and perhaps food cravings. Background: Leptin is a protein hormone that plays an important role in regulating body weight, metabolism and reproductive function. Researchers took MRI scans of research subjects' brains prior ...Bugs in the gut could help doctors develop individualised healthcare
...mmune system of the host, could play a key role in modulating how medicines can affect the body. As the community of microbes varies greatly between individuals this could have important implications for the development of personalised treatments, and for drug discovery. The team have summarised the scientific ...