treating diabetes

LEAPING LIZARDS! GILA MONSTER VENOM HOLDS PROMISE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NEW DIABETES DRUG

 

By Miriam Raftery

December 8, 2015 (San Diego)—A lowly lizard—and a poisonous one at that—could hold the secret to treating diabetes.

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute say that they have altered molecules from a protein found in venom of Gila Monster lizards, then using a process called autocrine selection, activate cellular receptors in positive ways.


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