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Monogenic Obesity; Using Drugs to Bypass the Problem.

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Safe and effective pharmacological treatments for severe obesity remain scarce. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Iepsen et al. (2018) show that obese patients with pathogenic melanocortin 4 receptor mutations, the… Click to show full abstract

Safe and effective pharmacological treatments for severe obesity remain scarce. In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Iepsen et al. (2018) show that obese patients with pathogenic melanocortin 4 receptor mutations, the most common form of monogenic obesity, lose weight with glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist therapy.

Keywords: obesity using; drugs bypass; bypass problem; using drugs; monogenic obesity; obesity

Journal Title: Cell metabolism
Year Published: 2018

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