This discovery helped scientists to develop a new medication called exenatide. This drug, a synthetic version of the hormone in Gila monster venom, mimics the effects of a natural human hormone ...

The discovery of the hormone exendin-4 in Gila monster saliva led to the development of a new drug called exenatide, which has the ability to help those with type 2 diabetes. The drug is a synthetic ...

The Gila monster is a large, magnificent and venomous desert-dwelling reptile found throughout the southwestern US and Mexico. A toxic bite from the Gila can cause searing pain, loss of ...

Before there was Ozempic or Mounjaro, there were fish guts and Gila monsters. The blockbuster diabetes drugs that have revolutionized obesity treatment seem to have come out of nowhere ...

What does the Gila monster have that we don't have? The key to more effortless weight-loss, apparently. It turns out the venom of a small, Southwestern lizard — the only venomous lizard in ...

But the Gila monster analogue, Eng and Raufman were surprised ... Eli Lilly and Company agreed to pay up to $325 million to Amylin for its drug exenatide. Under the brand name Byetta, exenatide ...

A Gila monster that bit its owner in Lakewood on Feb. 12, leading to the man's death, was returned to Colorado this week and sent to a lab in Greeley on Thursday for testing on the reptile's venom.