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

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 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 ...