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GENETIC CODE EXPANSION

Treating diabetes with ‘cookies’

Nature Chemical Biology volume 18, pages 3–4 (2022)Cite this article

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Genetic code expansion is emerging as a promising strategy to precisely regulate protein expression. A new study engineered cells that enabled noncanonical-amino-acid-triggered insulin expression to rapidly regulate blood glucose levels in a diabetic mouse model.

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Fig. 1: NcAA ‘cookies’ trigger insulin production to lower blood glucose levels in diabetic mice.

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Yu, J., Zhang, Y. & Gu, Z. Treating diabetes with ‘cookies’. Nat Chem Biol 18, 3–4 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-021-00916-1

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