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 ...

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 ...

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.

Native to the Sonoran Desert of the American southwest and Mexico, the Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) might look and sound threatening. But to many, it’s known for its status as the largest lizard ...

Experts say that the last report of a human dying from a Gila monster bite was in 1930. "The vast majority of bites cause local swelling and bleeding," said Brandehoff, who said the bites can ...

A Colorado man has died after a bite from a large venomous lizard, called a Gila monster, that he illegally kept as a pet, according to Lakewood city officials. Christopher Ward, 34, owned two of ...