Amity Island
Well-Known Member
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The medical community frequently utilizes the established practice of synthesizing medications based on chemicals found in nonhuman, living creatures, such as GLP-1 that was discovered in the saliva of Gila monsters that is now commonly used to treat diabetes in humans. Emerging studies indicate that a specialized, insulin-like toxic protein used by cone snails to immobilize prey may be a new weapon in the pharmacotherapeutic arsenal for treatment interventions.
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