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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ella Pickover

New type of jab helps to maintain weight loss

A new type of weight loss jab can help maintain weight reductions by tackling the underlying causes of obesity, scientists have said.

The drug, which is called RES-010, is designed to block an RNA molecule called miR-22 – which experts have described as a “master controller” of many processes involved with obesity.

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