Semaglutide 2.4mg weekly (STEP-1 trial) produced 14.9% mean body weight reduction at 68 weeks
This peptide has shown promise in treating a range of conditions, from wound healing to neurological recovery, positioning it as a promising compound in pharmacology
It is not approved for human consumption
For example, one study concluded that despite a decrease in submaximal oxygen consumption, mitochondrial efficiency and coupling were not affected (Whitfield et al., 2016)
4 The GLP1R weight loss finding replicated in the All of Us cohort but did not replicate in UK Biobank
All statistical analyses were performed using SAS Enterprise Guide version 7.15 (2017, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA), R version 4.0.3 (R Core Team, 2020, and additional R packages (MatchIt, meta)