The anti-obesity antibody
As the obesity and COVID-19 pandemics collide, new research presents a possible vehicle to advance obesity treatment. A new study has revealed an antibody mimetic of fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) that is safe and effective in reducing the weight of obese patients in a recent clinical study. Led by Puneet Arora (Principia Biopharma, CA, USA), the team first conducted trials in non-human primates before moving on to a small clinical trial to test their obesity treatment in a human model. The task of finding new resolutions to the obesity pandemic has been a key focus for researchers in the...
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