Appetite-regulating hormones in focus as first Nobel Prizes fall | International

STOCKHOLM, Oct 6, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Research into hormones that regulate appetite is seen leading the race for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, to be awarded Monday -- the first in this year's Nobel season. At a time when more than one billion people suffer from obesity, research into the hormone called "glucagon-like peptide 1" (GLP-1) could be given the nod for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine this year, experts said. A new generation of drugs using GLP-1 agonists -- including blockbuster brands Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro -- has provided a valuable tool to fight obesity and diabetes globally. "Many are guessing that it (the Nobel Prize in Medicine) will go to the people behind GLP-1," Lars Brostrom,...