| Title | Snail Venom Holds Key to Better Diabetes Treatments | |
| Date | Wednesday September 14 2016, @02:41PM | |
| Author | cmn32480 | |
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| from the slow-going dept. | ||
New research has found that venom extracted from a species of marine cone snail could hold the key to developing 'ultra-fast-acting' insulins, leading to more efficient therapies for diabetes management.
Researchers from Australia and the US have successfully determined the three-dimensional structure of a cone snail venom insulin, revealing how these highly efficient natural proteins called Con-Ins G1 can operate faster than human insulin.
The teams also discovered that Con-Ins G1 was able [to] bind to human insulin receptors, signifying the potential for its translation into a human therapeutic.
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