Important Innovations

  D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF                By Journalists Edward Kane & Marya nne Kane WEIGHT LOSS PILL TRICKS MUSCLES THEY EXERCISED                                                                                          Source:  Stock Scientists from Univ. of Florida and Univ. of Missouri have created a weight loss injection that makes muscles think they exercised and boosts the body's metabolism.  Here's what we know: The medication is called SLU-PP-332 It lowers cholesterol and reduces fatty liver The scientists who created it say it makes the body act like it's in training for a marathon The medicine targets proteins in the DNA that turns on genes controlling the body's use of energy, which enables calorie burning without exercise The medication essentially guides skeletal muscle to make the same changes that you would see from endurance training Additionally, the drug was shown to allow mice to run 70% longer and 45% further Next steps are to move beyond testi