The ETH Board has appointed Christian Wolfrum as Vice President for Research at ETH Zurich effective 1 January 2023. In his roles as Professor of Translational Nutritional Biology, Director of Studies and Associate Vice President for Medicine, Wolfrum has actively shaped medical teaching and research at the university.
The hormones GIP and GLP-1 are important in combating obesity and type 2 diabetes. Researchers from Germany, Switzerland and the US have now conducted mouse experiments that raise hopes for a drug.
Obesity and diabetes drug could be on the way
The hormones GIP and GLP-1 are important in combating obesity and type 2 diabetes. Researchers from Germany, Switzerland and the US have now conducted mouse experiments that raise hopes for a drug.
Obesity and diabetes are among the biggest health problems in the civilized world
GIP and GLP-1 are produced in the digestive tract and play vital roles in regulating body weight and food intake. A study on their effects now published in the journal
Cell Metabolism provides pointers for developing drugs to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Two types of mice in the experiment