A study found that it improves tissue remodeling and speeds up wound healing
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However, under conditions of dysbiosis, this regulatory capacity is impaired, leading to the accumulation of free iron in tissues (Gu et al., 2024)
In a randomized clinical trial, tesamorelin reduced visceral adipose tissue and liver fat in HIV-infected patients (Stanley et al., JAMA, 2014), and its Phase 3 program (Falutz et al.) established the visceral-fat effect that underpins its FDA approval