{"id":962,"date":"2020-04-01T14:08:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T18:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=962"},"modified":"2021-02-16T14:38:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T19:38:09","slug":"i-didnt-even-know-they-had-venom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=962","title":{"rendered":"I didn\u2019t even know they had venom!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By:&nbsp; Sasha Klemawesch, MD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people know the Duckbill Platypus as one of the only\ntwo mammals that lay eggs rather than give birth to live offspring (the other\nbeing the Echidna (spiny anteater) but no one remembers him!).&nbsp; &nbsp;However, they are ALSO some of the few mammals\nwho produce venom.&nbsp; Others on the list\ninclude vampire bats, hedgehogs, shrews, and moles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers in Australia have discovered that the\nPlatypus\u2019s venom contains a hormone called GLP-1.&nbsp; Humans also have a form of it, but ours has a\nvery short half-life, while theirs is much more durable.&nbsp; Both of them function similarly though, by\nstimulating production of insulin, which in turn helps to lower blood sugar, so\nresearchers are studying the monotreme hormone to see if they can manipulate it\nto use in management of type 2 diabetes.&nbsp;\nWhile there are already several GLP-1 Agonists on the market, (think\nTrulicity, Saxenda, et al), experts hope that the more natural derivation may\nprovide further benefits; perhaps it may be able to be compounded in an oral\ntablet, since all the current GLP-1 medications are injections, or perhaps it\nmay even be able to be used in a wider variety of patients, such as those with\nrenal or pancreas dysfunction (in whom use of current GLP-1A\u2019s is still\nconsidered controversial).&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By:&nbsp; Sasha Klemawesch, MD Most people know the Duckbill Platypus as one of the only two mammals that lay eggs rather than give birth to live offspring (the other being the Echidna (spiny anteater) but no one remembers him!).&nbsp; &nbsp;However, they are ALSO some of the few mammals who produce venom.&nbsp; Others on the list include vampire bats, hedgehogs, shrews, and moles. Researchers in Australia have discovered that the Platypus\u2019s venom contains a hormone called GLP-1.&nbsp; Humans also have a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/?p=962\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[431,345],"class_list":["post-962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-duckbill-platypus","tag-venom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":963,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962\/revisions\/963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allergy-associates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}