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

Researchers have found a metabolite in Burmese pythons that suppresses appetite in mice without some of GLP-1's side effects. And humans make it, too.

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

Python blood peptide curbs appetite and cuts weight without side effects Snake-derived pTOS shows long-lasting appetite ...