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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Julia Musto

How pythons could be the key to unlocking the next-generation weight-loss drug

The key to healthier weight loss drugs could be found somewhere unexpected: inside a python’s blood.

The slithering serpents have an appetite-suppressing compound in their blood that helps them consume large meals and also go months without food — while remaining metabolically healthy, researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, Stanford Medicine and Baylor University announced this week.

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