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Scientists have discovered a novel metabolite in pythons that quells appetite without causing gastrointestinal side effects ...

A post‑meal compound found in python blood curbed appetite in lab mice, hinting at future weight loss therapies.

New research suggests python blood could hold the key to a new weight-loss drug, as the snake metabolite suppresses appetites ...

Researchers have found a metabolite in Burmese pythons that suppresses appetite in mice without some of GLP-1's side effects. And humans make it, too.

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