Glucagon Function: What Glucagon Does and How It Works With Insulin
What glucagon does: how alpha cells make it, what the glucagon receptor does in the liver, how it compares with insulin, and why multi-agonist peptides target it.
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Tag: GLP-1 Peptides Canada
Research guides to GLP-1-pathway peptides such as semaglutide, tirzepatide, retatrutide, mazdutide, survodutide and cagrilintide, with trial data and Canadian regulatory status.
Amylin: The Other Hormone Beta Cells Release
Amylin explained: the 37-amino-acid hormone co-secreted with insulin, how it was found in pancreatic amyloid deposits, why the human form clumps, how its receptors are assembled, and the analogues now in trials.
GIP Explained: The Incretin Hormone Discovered at UBC
GIP explained: the 42-amino-acid gut hormone discovered at UBC, how it boosts insulin, why it was renamed, and how tirzepatide and retatrutide target its receptor.
Retatrutide Phase 3 Results: What the TRIUMPH Trials Found
Retatrutide's phase 3 TRIUMPH results explained: weight loss across four trials, the dysesthesia signal, discontinuation rates, cardiovascular data and what comes next.
Peptide Hormones Explained: From Insulin to GLP-1
Peptide hormones explained: what they are, where they're made, how they act, and a reference table from insulin and GLP-1 to GHRH, oxytocin and PTH.
From Insulin to GLP-1: Canada’s Century of Peptide Discovery
From Banting and Best's insulin to calcitonin at UBC, Montreal's Nobel-winning hormone hunters and today's GLP-1 science: the Canadian discoveries behind modern peptide research.
How Peptides Are Made to Last: Lipidation, PEGylation and Other Half-Life Tricks
Why natural peptides vanish in minutes and engineered ones last days: amino-acid swaps, fatty-acid lipidation, albumin binding, DAC, PEGylation and D-amino acids explained.
GLP-1 Peptides Explained: A Research Map from Semaglutide to Retatrutide
GLP-1 peptides explained: semaglutide, tirzepatide, retatrutide, mazdutide, survodutide, cagrilintide and orforglipron mapped by receptor, trial data and Canadian status.
Mazdutide vs Survodutide: The GLP-1/Glucagon Dual Agonists Compared
Mazdutide vs survodutide: two GLP-1/glucagon dual agonists compared, from oxyntomodulin origins to GLORY-1 and SYNCHRONIZE results, liver data, and sourcing in Canada.
Cagrilintide: The Amylin Analogue Behind CagriSema, Explained
Cagrilintide explained: the long-acting amylin analogue in CagriSema, what its phase 2 and REDEFINE trials found, its Calgary connection, and sourcing in Canada.
