Some Gila info
Like me most of you have probablly followed the Exendin studies for
MANY (myself 5 years) years now waiting for the drug trials, approval,
etc. I thought maybe any ‘newbees’ might be interested. Added a link
and a picture of our little buddy too under links and photos.
Excerpt from the link:
Gila monsters also have unique physiology to assist them in storing
food for their long periods of inactivity. Immediately after eating,
large quantities of a hormone-like molecule called exendin circulate
in the Gila’s blood. With this unique mechanism of metabolic control,
the act of eating primes the organism to receive the incoming
nutrients, by, for example, stimulating insulin secretion. A synthetic
version of this protein is currently being developed as a treatment
for human diabetes.
Thought the line ‘the act of eating primes the organism’ is noteworthy