Simulating the Secretion of Insulin (VIDEO)

Syracuse University

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Syracuse University chemist Robert Doyle has invented a compound called B12-Exendin-4, which triggers the secretion of insulin without harmful side effects. These 3-D renderings show the drug (yellow) stimulating the secretion of insulin (red) in the nucleus of a pancreatic islet cell (blue). Notice how the red and yellow sections overlap another.

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<em>Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism</em> (John Wiley & Sons, 2018)

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