Monday, July 9, 2012

Novel Vaccines for Diet Induced Obesity

A recent study conducted by Keith N Haffe, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Braasch Biotech LLC  assessed the effectiveness of two somatostatin vaccinations, JH17 and JH18, in reducing weight gain and increasing weight loss in mice. This research work has recently been published in BioMed Central’s open access journal, Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology,

A chimeric-somatostatin vaccines made of modified somatostatin causes the body to generate  anti-somatostatin antibodies that subsequently increasing energy expenditure and promote weight loss.

For details see:

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 2012, 3:21 doi:10.1186/2049-1891-3-21

- Dr. P. KUmarasamy

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