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Obesity Therapy
Melanin-concentrating hormone receptor antagonists offer new obesity therapies
August 28th, 2006
Recent advances in the discovery of melanin-concentrating hormone receptor antagonists have brought effective obesity treatments. "In recent years, obesity therapy has become a major focus of pharmaceutical research. The worldwide market for obesity therapeutics has increased dramatically over the past decade, and obesity has been linked with numerous co-morbidities," a review in the United States reports. "The discovery of the role of melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) in the regulation of energy homeostasis has attracted the interest of several research groups worldwide. In conjunction with energy balance, a growing body of evidence suggests that...
Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2006-08-28)
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