Israelis have developed a pill of illusory satiety
Janiv Linda from the Jerusalem University has developed a preparation (and an original method of its synthesis) which gives the hungry person feeling of satiety and a full stomach.
The novelty is designated for as an auxiliary means for people passionately dreaming to grow thin, but constantly interested to have a bite.
Synthesized peptide chain is named BL-3020 perfectly passes through a wall of intestines and gets in blood. Then the given substance plies in bloodstream and, eventually, gets on receptors called MC4R in a brain.
Here BL-3020 simulates the action of hormone aMSH which is developed during the meal and which causes that very feeling of satiety.
During the experiments with mice scientists found out, that the only taking of BL-3020 leads to decrease in consumption of food during a day. After 12 days of daily taking of a preparation, experimental mice weighed 40 % less, than “control” mice of the same age.
Peptide is patented in Europe and the USA, and now Israeli company Bioline RX which has received the technology from university, is engaged in commercialization of the given project.