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Jens Juul Holst on the gut hormone discovery behind weight-loss drugs

The Life Scientific by BBC

Apr 14, 202628:25Science & Medicine

As recently as a few years ago, the idea of a self-administered injection that would deliver proven weight-loss results might have sounded fantastical. Today, these medications are a reality and a global phenomenon; hail...

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Jens Juul Holst on the gut hormone discovery behind weight-loss drugs is an episode from The Life Scientific by BBC. As recently as a few years ago, the idea of a self-administered injection that would deliver proven weight-loss results mig...

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Published Apr 14, 2026, 28:25 long, audio available.