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SAN FRANCISCO, October 7, 2025: A new study led by researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital, and Stanford University School of Medicine has identified how a molecule produced during exercise can reduce appetite, offering new insight into the biological mechanisms behind weight loss. The research, published in Nature Metabolism, found that a compound known as N-lactoyl-phenylalanine, or Lac-Phe, generated during physical activity, directly impacts neurons in the brain that regulate hunger. The study was conducted using mouse models and built on earlier work by the same team, which had previously…

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