Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114573 A University of Alberta pharmacology researcher has discovered that a new experimental anti-obesity drug improves diastolic heart function in mice with type 2 diabetes independent of its weight loss effects, suggesting the drug may work as a treatment to prevent the most prevalent form of heart failure in people...
Tag: <span>Anti-Obesity</span>
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Anti-obesity effect of resveratrol and quercetin metabolites
by University of the Basque Country Resveratrol and quercetin are two functional ingredients to which a fat-reducing effect has been attributed in experiments conducted in vivo and in vitro. Yet their rapid metabolism means that only a tiny fraction of these compounds reach organs and tissue. Now, a new study suggests that their metabolism should...
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A new drug that ‘switches off’ food cravings is on the horizon after scientists discover the way in which our brains govern hunger
Researchers used a tiny periscope to access part of brain not accessed before Allowed them to gain deeper understanding of how we react to food cues Certain hunger-promoting neurons can be artificially turned on even when full Hopes that these same neurons can be turned off to reduce food cravings Could help obese people with a’faulty’ hard...