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Every time a Burmese python swallows a meal, something remarkable happens inside its body. Its heart expands by a quarter.

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

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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.

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

University of Colorado Boulder researchers have discovered an appetite-suppressing compound in python blood that helps the ...