INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
In rats, the drug produced a consistent 1 percent weekly weight loss over a six-week study period while preserving 100 percent of lean
muscle mass.In a first-in-human pilot study of nine participants, the drug was safe with no adverse effects
Tissue samples taken from the intestine were used to confirm that the coating formed and was also cleared from the body within 24 hours
concerns with current GLP-1 drugs
GLP-1s induce can also lead to a loss of lean muscle mass.Louis Aronne, an obesity medicine specialist and professor of metabolic research
at Weill-Cornell Medical College, says that while GLP-1s are wildly popular, they may not be right for everyone
He predicts that in the not-so-distant future there will be many drugs for obesity, and treatment will be more personalized
Arrone serves as a clinical adviser to the company.Vladimir Kushnir, professor of medicine and director of bariatric endoscopy at Washington
He expects that the drug will make people feel fuller but could also have some of the same side effects as gastric bypass surgery
could one day be an alternative or add-on drug to GLP-1 medications.This story originally appeared on wired.com.
