A post‑meal compound found in python blood curbed appetite in lab mice, hinting at future weight loss therapies.

Every time a Burmese python swallows a meal, something remarkable happens inside its body. Its heart expands by a quarter.

Species like the Burmese python can consume massive prey and then go months without eating. After feeding, their bodies ...

Scientists discovered GLP-1 mimics like Ozempic by way of the Gila monster, and now, a metabolite in python blood is also ...

New research suggests python blood could hold the key to a new weight-loss drug, as the snake metabolite suppresses appetites in mice. It is the ...

Researchers discovered a compound in python blood, para-tyramine-O-sulfate (pTOS), that suppresses appetite and promotes ...

Today we’re walking through the snakes at the Reptarium, starting with some of the least expensive species and ending with the most valuable ones in the collection. From normal ball pythons that can ...

Python blood has a hormone that can mimic the effects of GLP-1. This can go a long way in coming up with a weight loss treatment that does not come with side effects. Here's what researchers have to ...