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Background: Despite their potential, Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) have not been well studied in cardiac amyloidosis (CA) as randomized trials on GLP-1 RA have excluded patients ...

Conservation biology is the study of attempts to protect and preserve biodiversity. It focuses on both the biological and social factors that affect the success of conservation efforts and on ...

Traditionally, blood sugar regulation has been attributed to the hormones insulin and glucagon, both produced by the pancreas. Insulin lowers blood glucose by promoting its uptake into cells ...

During fasting or exercise, immune cells (red) migrate to the pancreas and stimulate glucagon-producing cells (orange) to regulate blood sugar, with cell nuclei shown in blue. “For decades ...