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Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D. Marilyn M. Simpson Professor. Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Genetics and Genomics. Mechanisms of Human Disease. Neurosciences and Behavior. Studies the molecular mechanisms that regulate food intake and body weight. Laboratory of Molecular Genetics.
Jeffrey M. Friedman (born July 20, 1954) is a molecular geneticist at New York City's Rockefeller University and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His discovery of the hormone leptin and its role in regulating body weight has had a major role in the area of human obesity.
- American
- July 20, 1954 (age 69), Orlando, Florida, USA
- Rockefeller University (PhD)
Dec 4, 2022 · About The Volokh Conspiracy. Libertarianism. Jeffrey Friedman, RIP. Friedman was a notable - and underrated - political theorist. Ilya Somin | 12.4.2022 11:45 PM. Jeffrey Friedman. The...
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Sep 5, 2019 · Jeffrey M. Friedman, whose discovery of the hormone leptin has transformed our understanding of obesity, will be a 2020 recipient of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. He is being honored for his discovery of a new endocrine system through which adipose tissue signals the brain to regulate food intake.
Thursday, May 9, 2024. Laboratory of Molecular Genetics. Jeffrey M. Friedman. Professor; Investigator, HHMI. The application of modern methods in genetics has led to the identification of a new hormone, leptin, that regulates body weight.
Jeffrey Friedman investigates the physiologic and neural mechanisms that regulate food intake and body weight. Specifically, Friedman and his team identified and study leptin, a hormone made by fat tissue that acts on the brain and is the afferent signal in a feedback loop maintaining body weight.
Jan 16, 2019 · Jeffrey M. Friedman, Marilyn M. Simpson Professor and head of Rockefeller’s Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, has been named the recipient of the 2019 Wolf Prize in Medicine. He is being recognized for his discovery of leptin, a hormone secreted by fat cells that modulates food intake and energy expenditure.
