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The Story of GLP-1

If You Don't Fix It
In an office in Bagsværd near Copenhagen, young biotechnologist Lotte Bjerre Knudsen has been made project manager for a promising, but uncertain project of converting the hormone GLP-1 into a drug.
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A Steak Well Done
In 1997, Novo Nordisk scientist Lotte Bjerre Knudsen managed to turn the short-lived GLP-1 hormone into a long-acting drug candidate. However, the initial test failed as the dose was set too low.
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The Next Really Good Idea
We are still equipped with these genes of yesterday, but now they are really working against us by trying to preserve a body weight 'setpoint' that is too high in today's environment.
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