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Drug delivery: Week-long diabetes therapy

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A subcutaneous depot of a diabetes drug fused to a thermosensitive biopolymer leads to blood-glucose control, for over one week after a single injection, in animal models of type-2 diabetes.

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Figure 1: Long-acting release of an analogue of the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist via fusion with a thermosensitive elastin-like polypeptide.

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