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

Researchers discovered a compound in python blood, para-tyramine-O-sulfate (pTOS), that suppresses appetite and promotes weight loss in mice. Unlike current GLP-1 drugs such as semaglutide, it avoids ...

Biologists Leslie Leinwand of the University of Colorado Boulder and Jonathon Long of Stanford University have discovered a compound in python blood that can suppress appetite. This compound helps ...