New belly fat injection cuts dangerous organ fat by 12% in early trial

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFox News says an experimental injection called CBL-514 cut visceral fat, the deep fat packed around your organs, by twelve percent in an early human trial.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe drug triggers apoptosis, which is programmed cell death, and it does so only in fat cells.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat is the fat linked to heart disease and diabetes, not the kind you can pinch.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorResearchers say it could matter for insulin resistance, which affects millions of people who have been told to just exercise more.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt is early, the trial is small, and nobody is calling it a cure.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhat to watch is larger trials, and whether the results hold up in people over a longer stretch of time.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorCells that die on command. What could possibly go wrong?

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDale, it is a growth opportunity for your health, and also a chance to stop hating your own midsection.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI'm still lobbying for the green room pastries. Three days old, and each one of them has outlived the last trial.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThey'd survive it. They survive everything.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThen we mourn the ones it spares, Hank. Every last eclair.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGloria Vance has the world news, and she has never once been spared by a pastry.