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A new drug which destroys blood supply to fatty tissue could help people lose a tenth of their body weight in just one month, a study indicates.
Obese rhesus monkeys lost on average 11 per cent of their body weight after four weeks of the experimental treatment.
Body mass index (BMI) and waistline also were reduced, while all three measures were unchanged in untreated control monkeys.
Imaging studies also showed a substantial decrease in body fat among treated animals.
A research team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre carried out the study.
Co-senior author Professor Renata Pasqualini, at the David H. Koch Centre for Applied Research of Genitourinary Cancers, said: "Development of this compound for human use would provide a non-surgical way to actually reduce accumulated white fat, in contrast to current weight-loss drugs that attempt to control appetite or prevent absorption of dietary fat."
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...-tenth-of-their-weight-in-just-one-month.html
Obese rhesus monkeys lost on average 11 per cent of their body weight after four weeks of the experimental treatment.
Body mass index (BMI) and waistline also were reduced, while all three measures were unchanged in untreated control monkeys.
Imaging studies also showed a substantial decrease in body fat among treated animals.
A research team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre carried out the study.
Co-senior author Professor Renata Pasqualini, at the David H. Koch Centre for Applied Research of Genitourinary Cancers, said: "Development of this compound for human use would provide a non-surgical way to actually reduce accumulated white fat, in contrast to current weight-loss drugs that attempt to control appetite or prevent absorption of dietary fat."
cont at
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...-tenth-of-their-weight-in-just-one-month.html
