Once-Promising Receptor May Be Obesity Drug Target After All, Says UCSF Scientist

Oct 21, 2004

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The melanocortin-4 receptor may yet prove to be a viable anti-obesity drug target now that its normal functioning is better understood, said a University of California at San Francisco researcher studying the receptor.

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