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

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.

(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 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 ...

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 ...

Species like the Burmese python can consume massive prey and then go months without eating. After feeding, their bodies ...

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 ...

Researchers find snake metabolite that suppresses appetite of obese mice ‘without some of side-effects’ of GLP-1 drugs ...

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 ...

CU Boulder researchers have discovered an appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that helps the snakes consume enormous meals and go months without eating yet remain metabolically healthy. The ...

Scientists have discovered a molecule in python blood that suppresses appetite, potentially leading to a new class of obesity drugs.