Image1: A platypus. The same hormone produced in the gut of the platypus to regulate blood glucose is also produced in their venom, researchers have found – and that hormone could be used in possible type 2 diabetes treatments. Image2: An echidna. The same hormone produced in the gut of the echidna to regulate blood glucose is also produced in their venom, researchers have found – and that hormone could be used in possible type 2 diabetes treatments.
Australian researchers have discovered remarkable evolutionary changes to insulin regulation in two of the nation’s most iconic native animal species – the platypus and echidna – which could pave the way for new treatments for type 2 diabetes in humans...
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