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Melanotan II, on the other hand, is a synthetic peptide constituting 7 amino acids
The cohorts spanned lung, colon, kidney, bladder and skin cancer, covering diverse treatment strategies, such as ICI with or without FMT, chemotherapy (CT), radiotherapy (RX) and/or tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) (Supplementary Table 1ak)
This pre-organisation simultaneously improves metabolic stability and enhances receptor binding affinity by eliminating the entropic cost normally associated with binding linear peptides
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While the exact mechanism remains unclear, this reduction could be tied to weight loss, visceral fat reduction, improved glucose control, or potentially an independent anti-inflammatory effect