The National Institutes of Health have awarded a $1.9 million grant to a scientist at Scripps Research Institute’s Jupiter campus to study food intake and metabolism. Andrew Butler, an associate professor at Scripps Research, is the principal investigator for the new four-year study. Butler will study pathways that regulate how individuals coordinate the timing of food desires throughout the day, according to a news release. These pathways play a key role in maintaining the body's balance between the amount of food consumed and metabolism and energy expenditure. Follow your favorites with My News My News is a way to create a customized news feed based on companies and industries that...
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