Over 30 years ago scientists discovered the potential of Gila monster venom as a treatment for type 2 diabetes. The desert-dwelling Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) is the United States' largest and ...

The Gila monster was not an obvious candidate to ... an obvious boon in treating patients with diabetes. But GLP-1 degrades quickly, meaning injections would be needed almost every hour.

Fortunes are being blown on injectable hopes of a slimmer future but a simpler and cheaper alternative could actually be in ...

When John Eng started studying the poisonous venom of the Gila monster in the early 1990s ... helping treat diabetes. He discovered a compound in the venom that mimicked a human hormone and ...