Appetite-suppressing drug burns fat, too

An experimental drug seems to assail obesity through dual biological actions, according to a new study. Already known to reduce animals’ inclination to overeat, a drug called C75 appears to further contribute to weight loss by promoting metabolism in tissues that store fat.

To investigate the metabolic effects of C75, Francis P. Kuhajda and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, placed two groups of overfed, obese laboratory mice on identical diets.