"1931-10-06Z"^^ . "Coleman, Douglas L."@en . "Douglas L. Coleman (6 October 1931 \u2013 16 April 2014) was a scientist and professor at The Jackson Laboratory, in Bar Harbor, Maine. His work predicted that the ob gene encoded the hormone leptin, later co-discovered in 1994 by Jeffrey Friedman, Rudolph Leibel and their research teams at Rockefeller University. This work has had a major role in our understanding of the mechanisms regulating body weight and that cause of human obesity.Coleman was born in Stratford, Ontario."@en . "1931Z"^^ . "Canadian biochemist" . "2014-04-16Z"^^ . "2014Z"^^ .