Daniel Drucker, the Canadian scientist renowned for discoveries that sparked the advent of Ozempic and other GLP-1 medicines ...
Dr. Daniel Drucker shares the US$3 million prize with four colleagues in the U.S. and Denmark for discovering the GLP-1 hormone that's used in medications like Ozempic.
If we cut or limit funding for curiosity-driven research, we risk shutting down the pipeline of future innovation,” writes ...
Over 30 years ago scientists discovered the potential of Gila monster venom as a treatment for type 2 diabetes. The desert-dwelling Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) is the United States' largest and ...
The Gila monster was not an obvious candidate to ... an obvious boon in treating patients with diabetes. But GLP-1 degrades quickly, meaning injections would be needed almost every hour.
The Mojave Desert may lose and gain suitable habitat for Gila monsters. But the unathletic reptiles might be mostly stuck in the waning oases.
A Canadian scientist has won a 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for discovering a hormone used in diabetes and obesity medications that has changed the lives of millions.
When John Eng started studying the poisonous venom of the Gila monster in the early 1990s ... helping treat diabetes. He discovered a compound in the venom that mimicked a human hormone and ...
The King Cobra, renowned for its immense size and fast-acting neurotoxic venom, is likely to defeat the Gila Monster in a direct confrontation. The Gila Monster relies on its strength, tenacity ...