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Medesa

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Efforts to develop a leptin treatment for the many people who suffer from obesity have been
 
  A) disappointing.
  B) promising.
  C) very successful.
  D) successful, but in only 50 of obese people.
  E) waiting for support from granting agencies and ethics boards before they can begin.

Question 2

Leptin has proven effective in the treatment of obesity in
 
  A) the very young.
  B) those rare cases who are homozygous for the mutant ob gene.
  C) the extremely obese.
  D) females.
  E) only one Norwegian study.



Mochi

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B



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