These Venture Capitalists Bet on a Miracle Fat Pill and Lost
- Harvard-discovered weight-loss hormone disputed by scientists
- Venture capitalist firm Third Rock pulls plug on biotech
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Imagine a pill that mimics the effects of vigorous exercise on the body.
Three years ago, Bruce Spiegelman, a prominent Harvard scientist, said he had discovered an “exercise hormone” that promised to unlock a new way to treat obesity and diabetes.