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A team of researchers led by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, has identified a decades-old oral compound that produced substantial weight loss in obese mice. Rather than ...

Clusters of round, bright-orange fat cells appear to float against a light-teal background. A depiction of fat cells. Researchers are studying whether 5-(tetradecyloxy)-2-furoic acid, known as TOFA, ...

Researchers found that an oral compound called TOFA produced substantial weight loss in obese mice by boosting energy expenditure rather than suppressing appetite like GLP-1s. A team of researchers ...