Associate Professor Garron Dodd

Head, Metabolic Neuroscience Research Laboratory, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne

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Health & Medicine

‘Sticky’ brain cells may confuse us into eating more

For the first time, research has shown that impaired brain cells linked to body weight and hunger can be restored - opening up new treatments for obesity and type 2 diabetes

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