John Gordon on Nostr: Venom and drug research: Gila monster to GLP-1 in 80s and much more. 🆓 ...
Venom and drug research: Gila monster to GLP-1 in 80s and much more. 🆓
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/magazine/venom-animals-drugs-ozempic.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Zk4.XJhK.82RAEGq3jjYH&smid=url-share
Gift link. Long article on the 50y pivot to complex peptides from venoms developed into meds.
Also a reminder that the next hugely effective med may come to us from work started 50y ago. (Though things are moving much faster now)
#jgshare
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/magazine/venom-animals-drugs-ozempic.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Zk4.XJhK.82RAEGq3jjYH&smid=url-share
Gift link. Long article on the 50y pivot to complex peptides from venoms developed into meds.
Also a reminder that the next hugely effective med may come to us from work started 50y ago. (Though things are moving much faster now)
#jgshare