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

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Every time a Burmese python swallows a meal, something remarkable happens inside its body. Its heart expands by a quarter.

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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.

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

PYTHON blood could hold the key to the next blockbuster weight loss treatment, scientists say. The reptiles can go months without eating after consuming a massive meal, while still remaining ...