Platypus venom could hold key to diabetes treatment

30 Nov 2016


The findings, published in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, reveal that GLP-1 produced in the gut of the platypus is also surprisingly produced in their venom, where it is resistant to the rapid degradation normally seen in humans.

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