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The drug trial began in 2018 and involved 17,604 overweight or obese adults over 45 years of age with a history of cardiovascular disease but without diabetes
The mechanism is thought to involve direct melanocyte stimulation via MC1R, promoting melanocyte proliferation and migration into depigmented areas while UV-B provides the complementary stimulus for melanocyte activation