New viruses in bats & weight-loss drugs in the brain

from Lost in Science · host Claire Farrugia, Stu Burns, Linden Ashcroft

This week, Claire reveals new research that discovered 20 unknown viruses in the kidneys of bats in China; and Stu digs into recent studies of how weight-loss drugs like Ozempic work in the brain, and what this tells us about how our appetites function.

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