Gumming up appetite.

• Autores: Ferris Jabr
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 306, Nº. 2, 2012, págs. 20-20
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses research by scientists at Syracuse University who are trying to develop a gum that suppresses appetite by focusing on a hormone called human peptide YY (hPYY). The author notes that a large number of the appetite-suppressing drugs are based on drugs similar to amphetamines, which may increase the risk of high blood pressure and heart failure, and discusses how hPYY suppresses appetite.