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    Scientists engineer proteins that caused obese animals to lose weight and lower cholesterol

    by Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times Oct 19, 2017 3 minutes

    As the U.S. obesity rate has galloped toward 40 percent, doctors, drug designers and dispirited dieters have all wondered the same thing: What if a pill could deliver the benefits of weight-loss surgery, but without the knife?

    New research brings that hope a notch closer.

    Scientists from the biotechnology company Amgen Inc. report they have identified and improved upon a naturally occurring protein that brought about significant changes in obese mice and monkeys, including weight loss and rapid

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