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To: Red Badger

What are the 2 drugs?


18 posted on 01/15/2019 4:34:01 PM PST by CJ Wolf (Free. Wwg1wga)
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To: CJ Wolf

From the link:

Then, the researchers treated the mice with two drugs: rosiglitazone, which is used in people to treat type 2 diabetes, and trametinib, an anti-cancer drug that inhibits the growth and spread of cancer cells. (Rosiglitazone belongs to a class of drugs known as thiazolidinediones, which bind to receptors that are found mainly in fat tissue and that play a role in a number of biological processes, including the formation of mature fat cells, according to a 2005 paper on the topic. People with diabetes are given the drug because the receptors that it binds to also help increase sensitivity to the hormone insulin, which is involved in regulating blood sugar levels.)


23 posted on 01/16/2019 6:04:15 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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