Diabetes and Stress: A Spit Story

Projections indicate that by 2030, more than 336 million people worldwide will have diabetes, approximately double the number estimated for 2000. New and easy-to-administer diabetes therapies are essential for the prevention of the horrible complications associated with this disease. A recently developed and approved drug is based on a compound found in the saliva of the Gila monster. Much of my physiological research has focused on the mechanism of this therapy.  More recently, my focus has transitioned to molecules that alter blood glucose during physiological and psychological stress, including cortisol that can be collected in human saliva.

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