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- noun biochemistry An
oligopeptide sequence, present inghrelin , that binds to a specificorphan receptor
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Examples
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So when they knocked out the gene for the hunger hormone ghrelin, they were also knocking out the fullness hormone obestatin.
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Plus, with holidays coming up, millions of people worlwide will be experimenting with their obestatin levels over the next few weeks.
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These scientists have discovered another hormone, obestatin, that sends out a signal to eat less or stop eating.
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It is thought that an oral medication could be developed to either inhibit ghrelin or boost obestatin or do both.
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It is thought that an oral medication could be developed to either inhibit ghrelin or boost obestatin or do both.
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Johnson & Johnson sponsored the obestatin research and has the rights to that discovery.
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It is thought that an oral medication could be developed to either inhibit ghrelin or boost obestatin or do both.
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These scientists have discovered another hormone, obestatin, that sends out a signal to eat less or stop eating.
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Johnson & Johnson sponsored the obestatin research and has the rights to that discovery.
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So when they knocked out the gene for the hunger hormone ghrelin, they were also knocking out the fullness hormone obestatin.
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