"If you compound losing body parts with losing friends, just getting in the water is a release, " he says, adding that fishing gave him enhanced dexterity because it helped him learn to walk on prosthetics in the water.

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AstraZeneca's scientists had to come up with a pill that could carry the compound safely through the body.

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Dr Blumberg believes the compound interferes with the body's normal fat-formation process, and puts its fat-storage mechanism on overdrive, plumping up the person.

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