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Sora Shin, assistant professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC; her former research associate In-Jee You; and graduate student Yeeun Bae (from left) authored a paper published in Nature Communications that identifies a connection in the brain between threatening events and the strong desire to overeat high-fat foods. 

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