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Banned Weight-loss Drug Could Combat Liver Disease, Diabetes

Posted by Soulskill on from the things-that-were-good-but-then-bad-but-then-good dept.

sciencehabit writes: A drug the U.S. government once branded "extremely dangerous and not fit for human consumption" deserves a second chance, a study of rats suggests. Researchers report (abstract) that a slow-release version of the compound reverses diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), an untreatable condition that can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer.

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  1. WTF with the /. Interface?!?!? by cayenne8 · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Wow...WFT did Slashdot do to the freaking forum?!?!

    I couldn't figure how to post to the thread with no previous comments (where was the reply button?)

    I'm looking at my comments in my section, but can't figure now how to find my comments to see the ratings, etc?

    What the hell did they do to the interface? It looks like it is now only for cell phones? Sheesh....

    This sucks.

    Gotta see if I can find a way to revert to old look, if they left that in...

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    1. Re:WTF with the /. Interface?!?!? by ihtoit · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      this is how they're forcing everyone onto Beta. Make the standard interface so much shit they'll have two choices: bend over and take Beta or fuck off to Soylent Abortion.

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    2. Re:WTF with the /. Interface?!?!? by cayenne8 · · Score: 1, Offtopic
      Ok, I'd heard about BETA but never had seen it before.

      So, is this beta or just something worse till beta comes?

      JFC....why does someone have to change something JUST For the sake of change. What was wrong with they way /. has looked for the past years?

      It is now a PITA to go see what comments are threaded onto my comments...whereas it was quite easy to see and tell when new ones came onto your part of the thread in response to you.

      I just discovered the Soylent News thing....maybe that will indeed be the new slashdot.

      This is very disappointing. Not everyone views everything through the small fucking screen of a cell phone.

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