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"textContent": "A molecule known as pTOS soars 1,000-fold in pythons after they eat and appears to act on the brain’s hunger center",
"title": "Goodness snakes: Pythons’ marvelous metabolisms could lead to new weight loss drugs, CU study finds"
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