The early concern that GLP-1 causes thyroid cancer has lead to extensive investigations and studies looking at this issues and to date there has been nothing to suggest a concern despite millions of people being treated with GLP-1 therapies around the world
It contains the same active ingredient as the weight loss injection Wegovy and belongs to the class of medications known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists
They work by blocking enzymes that produce prostaglandins
Acknowledgements This work was supported by the Plans for Major Provincial Science & Technology Projects (202303a07020002 to Z.Z.), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (STI2030-Major Projects 2021ZD0203100 to Z.Z.), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32025017 to Z.Z., 32121002 to Z.Z., 32400824 to P.C., 32522044 to P.C., U24A20702 to P.C.), the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (2308085QH264 to P.C.), the CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research (YSBR-013 to Z.Z.), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (WK9100250108 and WK9100000068 to P.C.), and the USTC Research Funds of the Double First-Class Initiative (YD9100002501 to Z.Z.)
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Cagrilintide is a novel peptide developed as a treatment for obesity and weight management