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The origin is clinically significant: the gastric lining regenerates continuously despite exposure to acid and mechanical stress, and the peptide responsible for that regeneration turned out to be stable enough to isolate and study
Image credit: Matt Fowler KC/Shutterstock.com Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) can produce significant weight loss in obese individuals
The art of tissue-specific and disease-specific dosing may emerge in the not-too-distant future: Rather than using the current pharmacologic doses of GLP-1s to soak receptors throughout the body, we may learn how to apply much more tailored brush strokes to effectively treat, say, dementia or rheumatoid arthritis
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Whatever it may be, its clear that the rich and famous embraced the introduction of Ozempic and Wegovy as potentially the new weight loss fad