Test subjects lost an average of 5 kg (11 lb) over 12 weeks, when taking semaglutide Semaglutide is a compound that’s already being developed as a treatment for diabetes, by Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk. According to a new study conducted by scientists from the University of Leeds, however, it may serve another valuable purpose...
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Pill made from cellulose that absorbs water to swell up to 100 times its original size ‘can beat obesity’
The pill, called Gelesis100, is made from the vegetable extract cellulose It absorbs water and swells 100 times its original size and helps suppress hunger The treatment is expected to be made available to doctors within two years Doctors last night hailed a new pill that helps obese patients lose up to 10 per cent...
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A fat-regulating enzyme could hold the key to obesity, diabetes, cancer, other diseases
Rutgers researchers shed light on key enzyme’s role in human health IMAGE: FAT IS STORED IN LIPID DROPLETS (BRIGHT GREEN SPOTS) IN YEAST CELLS, WHICH IS ANALOGOUS TO HOW FAT IS STORED IN HUMAN TISSUE. It had already been known that the enzyme known as phosphatidic acid phosphatase plays a crucial role in regulating the...
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Drug Loaded Nanoparticles Turn Fat Cells Brown to Help Control Obesity
Brown fat cells are much easier for the body to burn than regular white lipocytes. Obese people with a particularly high ratio of white to brown fat cells can have a hard time losing weight even when while dieting and exercising. Nanotechnology may soon help people turn white fat into brown fat, turning a daunting challenge...
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LSUHealthNO discovery may be key to obesity, Diabetes Rx
New Orleans, LA – Research led by Suresh Alahari, PhD, Fred Brazda Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has demonstrated the potential of a protein to treat or prevent metabolic diseases including obesity and diabetes. The findings are published online in the Journal of Biological Chemistry as a Paper...
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Obesity exacerbates type 2 diabetes-related brain abnormalities
People with type 2 diabetes who are overweight or obese are more likely to have exacerbated and progressive abnormalities in the structure of their brains and cognition, find researchers. Type 2 diabetes, when coupled with obesity, has a significant adverse effect on the temporal lobe of the brain. The new research was the result of a...
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A pacemaker for OBESITY? New implantable device promises to control how your stomach speaks to your brain
A pacemaker-like device has been invented to combat the obesity epidemic vBloc is inserted under the skin and attached to the Vagus nerves in the stomach It blocks communication between the stomach and brain to suppress appetite Experts say this could help control the rapidly rising obesity rates in the US A new pacemaker-like device...