Biomea Fusion’s BMF-650 yields weight loss, appetite suppression in nonhuman primates

June 19, 2025

Biomea Fusion Inc. has released preclinical findings from a 28-day weight loss study in obese nonhuman primates evaluating BMF-650, a next-generation oral small-molecule glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA).

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First phase of synthetic human genome project successfully completes

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The first phase of the U.K. synthetic human genome project has successfully completed, realizing key steps in chromosome synthesis. The work has demonstrated a...

Epigenetic technology could eliminate misfolded prion proteins

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The number of deaths caused by prion diseases reaches about 30,000 annually. Only 5 months pass from the diagnosis of seemingly healthy patients to the fatal...

Mesothelin is biomarker, potential target in arthritic bone damage

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In a recent study published in Cell Reports Medicine, researchers from the Institute of Chinese Materia Medica of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences...