(March 4) - Researchers in London may have found a way to treat obesity that doesn't involve risky surgery, according to BBC News and other sources.
Scientists say they've identified two proteins that control how the stomach expands when a person eats a big meal. They say this information lead to a drug that could block the protein that relaxes the stomach, making people feel full after eating a smaller amount of food.
Scientists say they've identified two proteins that control how the stomach expands when a person eats a big meal. They say this information lead to a drug that could block the protein that relaxes the stomach, making people feel full after eating a smaller amount of food.
Currently, doctors use gastric banding or stomach stapling surgeries to reduce the stomach's volume. But these options can be risky and have potential for serious side effects.
"A pill that could replace this surgery, yet have the same effect, might be a useful alternative," said Dr. Brian King, one of the researchers in the study.
A report in the Telegraph says that potential pill could still be 10 years away.
The University College London study appears in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
Sources: BBC News and Telegraph.co.uk
"A pill that could replace this surgery, yet have the same effect, might be a useful alternative," said Dr. Brian King, one of the researchers in the study.
A report in the Telegraph says that potential pill could still be 10 years away.
The University College London study appears in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
Sources: BBC News and Telegraph.co.uk
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