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Obesity: Where Less Is More

Bio/Technology volume 13, pages 1061–1062 (1995)Cite this article

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The “fat-pill” prospects of leptin are just the latest in biotechnology's efforts to address obesity

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Hodgson, J. Obesity: Where Less Is More. Nat Biotechnol 13, 1061–1062 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1095-1060

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