To Learn About Obesity, Amgen Researchers Turn To Grizzly Bears

On a recent visit to a laboratory where he researches obesity, Kevin Corbit walked over to one of the patients he is studying to say hello. Then he clasped a claw. Dr. Corbit, a scientist at drug maker Amgen Inc., AMGN -1.00% is conducting his research on grizzly bears. He believes insights gleaned from the animals, who can take in as much as 58,000 calories in a day and weigh 1,000 pounds, could reshape understanding of obesity and identify new treatments for a condition that has stymied doctors and drug developers.

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