Skin secretions from a south-american frog may prove to be a useful area of research in treating type 2 diabetes. This story - republished on the bbc website was covered at a recent Diabetes Uk conference. A compound isolated from the frog, which grows to 27cm as a tadpole before shrinking to 4cm in adulthood, stimulates insulin release. Please.. no toad licking jokes!!
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lucy 1 year 50 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago
having fun with the frogs yet, chris? hehe.
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oh my god..
lindsey 2 years 1 week 1 hour 28 min ago
I thought you were joking.. it is interesting to see whrere they are going with research though eh. Personally, I am still disappointed about the whole inhaled insulin thing last year.. i never even go to see it!
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all about the research
chris 2 years 1 week 1 hour 15 min ago
Yeah, i know.. they are looking in unlikely places these dasy.. which can only be a good thing. think the inhaled insulin thing is still ongoing - my understanding was that Pfizer pulled out of it - but the company who did the development work is going to continue with it. Pfizer were responsible for marketing and launch. I think there were other companies with similar products too.
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