Based on interviews with the parties involved, she reports that Leptin was co-discovered at Rockefeller University by Rudolph Leibel, Jeffrey Friedman, and members of their laboratories, and explains why Leibel and others were excluded by Friedman in the scientific paper that announced the discovery.
According to her accounts based on interviews with those involved, Leptin was co-identified at Rockefeller University by Rudolph Leibel, Jeffrey Friedman, and colleagues from their labs. She also clarifies why Leibel and others were not included in the paper that revealed the discovery.