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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Ozempic and Wegovy, which are both taken as weekly injections, mimic a human hormone called GLP-1, which is released in the gut in response to eating.
A one-and-done treatment that would last for years. The company wants to deliver an artificial gene to the pancreas that continuously produces the GLP-1 hormone so there’s no need for weekly injections. The approach, called gene therapy, uses inactivated viruses to carry a therapeutic gene to pancreatic cells.
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A one-and-done treatment that would last for years. The company wants to deliver an artificial gene to the pancreas that continuously produces the GLP-1 hormone so there’s no need for weekly injections. The approach, called gene therapy, uses inactivated viruses to carry a therapeutic gene to pancreatic cells.
A One-Time Shot for Type 2 Diabetes? A Biotech Company Is On It
Fractyl Health is developing a gene therapy alternative to drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy to control blood sugar and body weight without repeated injections.
