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Holiday Lectures On Science

Holiday Lectures On Science

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Scientists are unraveling the mechanisms that dictate how the brain and body regulate weight. In four presentations, Dr. Ronald M. Evans and Dr. Jeffrey M. Friedman discuss what the latest advances in genetic and molecular research tell us about why some people are hefty while others are lean. Understanding the biological systems that control body weight and metabolism, as well as these systems environmental interactions, could lead scientists to treatments that curb obesity and treat its negative health consequences.

Person about to look into the eye pieces of a microscope. Caption: how hormones control the genome,
Holiday Lectures On Science
Season 2004 / Ep 1
58 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 11 - 12
Person Speaking from a podium. Caption: and why it doesn't act so well in the obese.
Holiday Lectures On Science
Season 2004 / Ep 2
58 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 11 - 12
Illustration of a cell with activity inside. Caption: It changes the function of the cell
Holiday Lectures On Science
Season 2004 / Ep 3
58 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 11 - 12
Person in gloves and a lab coat handles two mice. One is noticeably heavy. Caption: because a single gene is defective,
Holiday Lectures On Science
Season 2004 / Ep 4
58 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 11 - 12