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posted by mrpg on Friday December 29 2017, @12:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the diff--fat dept.

There's a patch for that:

A new approach to reducing bulging tummy fats has shown promise in laboratory trials. It combines a new way to deliver drugs, via a micro-needle patch, with drugs that are known to turn energy-storing white fat into energy-burning brown fat. This innovative approach developed by scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) reduced weight gain in mice on a high fat diet and their fat mass by more than 30 per cent over four weeks.

The new type of skin patch contains hundreds of micro-needles, each thinner than a human hair, which are loaded with the drug Beta-3 adrenergic receptor agonist or another drug called thyroid hormone T3 triiodothyronine.

When the patch is pressed into the skin for about two minutes, these micro-needles become embedded in the skin and detach from the patch, which can then be removed. As the needles degrade, the drug molecules then slowly diffuse to the energy-storing white fat underneath the skin layer, turning them into energy-burning brown fats.

Transdermal Delivery of Anti-Obesity Compounds to Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue with Polymeric Microneedle Patches (DOI: 10.1002/smtd.201700269) (DX)


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  • (Score: 2) by NewNic on Friday December 29 2017, @06:13PM

    by NewNic (6420) on Friday December 29 2017, @06:13PM (#615581) Journal

    Surely taking excess quantities of T3 will make anyone lose weight, independent of how it is administered. Anyone ever heard of hyperthyroidism?

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