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The therapeutic potential of a venomous lizard: the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 analogues in the critically ill
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), a principal mediator of the postprandial insulinotropic response in health, has a half-life of minutes. The saliva of the Gila monster contains exendin-4, a structural...