More research ongoing...perhaps the frog farms of the future...BD
Skin secretions from South America's Paradoxical frog could be used to treat Type 2 diabetes, according to research announced this week at Diabetes UK's Annual Professional Conference in Glasgow.
Scientists from the University of Ulster and United Arab Emirates University have been studying the insulin-releasing capabilities of peptides found on the skin of the Pseudis paradoxal frog.
New class of drugs
The researchers found that Pseudin-2, a peptide which protects the frog from infection, stimulates insulin release. They have tested a synthetic version of the peptide and found it could be used to produce a drug that encourages the production of insulin in people with Type 2 diabetes. The treatment could be part of a new class of drugs called incretin mimetics.
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