Researchers have found a metabolite in Burmese pythons that suppresses appetite in mice without some of GLP-1's side effects.

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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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Researchers have identified an appetite-suppressing metabolite in snakes that could inform a new weight loss drug.

A molecule produced in abundance by pythons after big meals could lead the way to new weight loss drugs, a University of Colorado study says.