Type 2 Diabetes Drugs Work Better in Tethered Combination Therapy
Thursday, August 27, 2020 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have shown that the efficacy of a two-pronged type 2 diabetes treatment increases when the drugs are linked by a heat-sensitive tether rather than simply concurrently administered. The combination molecule is formed by an elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) linker that forms a gel-like depot when injected under the skin, which slowly […]