A Lizard, One Amino Acid and a Self-Paid Patent: A Physician’s Read on Exendin-4
The first GLP-1 medicine came from a lizard and a doctor who paid for his own patent. Here is the short physician's read: one amino acid, four hours, and the honest trade-offs.
GLP-1 Was Hiding in Plain Sight: A Physician's Read on Its Discovery
I talk about GLP-1 with patients every week. Almost nobody knows it was found in a fish gene, by a chemist who saw 31 where others saw 37. Here is the short physician's read.