In the meantime, Schram is aiming to lose five more pounds
In addition to chemical drugs, traditional Chinese medicine compounds and extracts, such as Yunpi Heluo and Xiaokeping, have also been found to improve the progression of type 2 diabetes by modulating autophagy (, )
This finding was replicated in nonhuman primates using another antibody, now against the human GIP receptor, supportive of an antagonistic approach for obesity treatment (54)
"We really need a lot more studies focused on GLP-1 use in this particular patient population, because the majority of what we have is on older adults and diabetes," she says
Similarly, the fifth study demonstrates that liraglutide delays clinical disease progression in EAE [23]
Pedrera et al., 2021)