Pancreatic beta-cells are rendered glucose-competent by the insulinotropic hormone glucagon-like peptide-1(7-37)
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Glucagon-like-peptide-1(7-37) (GLP-1), a hormone, offers promise as a treatment for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDIM). GLP-1 helps to correct the glucose imbalance that causes NIDDIM by undoing the effects of abnormal glucose signalling on the production of insulin by pancreatic beta-cells. The ability of GLP-1 to render beta-cells resistant to glucose bears out GLP-1's therapeutic effect.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1993
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Bruce Merrifield (1921 - 2006): Inventor of solid-phase peptide synthesis
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Bruce Merrifield, inventor of solid-phase peptide synthesis, was one of the most original scientists of the second half of the 20th century. His invention created a paradigm shift in synthetic chemistry and deeply affected biomedical research and the synthesis was used to make numerous analogues of biologically active peptides.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2006
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A chiroselective peptide replicator
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Research is presented describing the study of peptide chiroselective replicators to support the theory of homochirality during evolution.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2001
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