Tag Archive for 'GLP-1'

TOFA helps cells burn extra energy with no change in food intake or exercise. Image credit: Kravaivan11.

Researchers Revive Decades-Old Drug to Fight Obesity

Aug 24, 2026 by News Staff

Scientists have identified a decades-old chemical compound as a promising new candidate for treating obesity and related metabolic diseases. TOFA helps...

ANCOVA (analysis of covariance) comparing decline in DaTscan (electrocardiographic and single photon emission CT) binding between the placebo and exenatide groups: (A) placebo group: reduced DaTscan binding in the left caudate, right caudate, and left putamen; (B) exenatide group: reduced DaTscan binding in the left caudate and right caudate; (C) significant clusters derived from the first level of analysis used to do an ANCOVA between placebo and exenatide groups showing a reduced rate of decline in the right caudate, left putamen, and right putamen. Image credit: Athauda et al, doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31585-4.

Diabetes Drug Exenatide Shows Promise against Parkinson’s Disease

Aug 7, 2017 by News Staff

Exenatide, a drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes, may have disease-modifying potential to treat Parkinson’s disease, according to new research...

This image is a digital reproduction of a painting by John Lewin of a platypus in 1808.

Platypus Venom Could Hold Key to Successful Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

Dec 1, 2016 by News Staff

The same hormone produced in the gut of the duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) to regulate blood glucose is also produced in the animal’s...