Human Obesity and Insulin Resistance: Lessons from Experiments of Nature |
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| Air date: | Wednesday, June 29, 2005, 3:00:00 PM |
| Category: | Wednesday Afternoon Lectures |
| Description: | Obesity and insulin resistance are two major components of degenerative metabolic disease. By focusing our studies on humans with severe disturbances of insulin sensitivity and energy balance, we have discovered a number of previously unknown monogenic and oligogenic disorders. Such discoveries have advanced our understanding of the control of human insulin sensitivity and body weight and in one case, has led to a dramatically effective therapy, albeit for a rare disorder.
For more information, visit http://www.clbc.cam.ac.uk/SOR/orahilly.html The NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series includes weekly scientific talks by some of the top researchers in the biomedical sciences worldwide. |
| Author: | Stephen O'Rahilly, M.D., Cambridge University |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
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| CIT File ID: | 12723 |
| CIT Live ID: | 3465 |
| Permanent link: | http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?12723 |