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New 'Exercise Pill' Could Induce Fitness Benefits Without Exercise

The end of the fitness industry?

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Burk
Nov 08, 2024
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Scientists in the US claim to have boiled down some of the health benefits of exercise into a swallowable pill.

The novel drug is in the very early stages of development, but in initial experiments on rodents, the medicine appears to tap into a natural metabolic pathway usually triggered by exercise.

When administered to mice daily, the drug, called SLU-P…

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