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Scientists Were Studying Snake Blood For Other Reasons. What They Found Could Change Obesity Treatment. In A Nutshell Scientists discovered a molecule called pTOS in python blood that surges after ...

Scientists have discovered a compound in python blood that reduces appetite and could lead to safer, more effective weight-loss drugs.

(Nikita Armyagov/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Scientists discovered GLP-1 mimics like Ozempic by way of the Gila monster, and now, a metabolite in python blood is also showing promise for future weight ...

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.

The idea sounds ridiculous at first, like something pulled from a horror film or an internet myth that refuses to die. A snake smaller than a human taking down a fully grown person feels like one of ...