Scientists engineer proteins that caused obese animals to lose weight and lower cholesterol

As the U.S. obesity rate has galloped toward 40%, doctors, drug designers and dispirited dieters have all wondered the same thing: What if a pill could deliver the benefits of weight-loss surgery, but without the knife?New research brings that hope a notch closer.Scientists from the biotechnology...

Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - October 19, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Melissa Healy Source Type: news