Lantidra (donislecel) developed by Chicago-based CellTrans, is a cell therapy made from the pancreatic islet cells of deceased donors
Importantly, prescription decisions factor in cardiac history, potential drug interactions, and pregnancy status
GLP-1 medications mimic a natural gut hormone that lowers blood sugar, slows digestion and helps people feel full and lose weight, but where semaglutide drugs like Wegovy and Saxenda only mimic GLP-1 receptors, tirzepatide medications, better known as Zepbound for weight loss and Mounjaro for treatment of Type 2 diabetes, mimic two receptors
A 2025 study demonstrated that the in vitro bias metric integrating cAMP signaling and -arrestin recruitment correlates more strongly with in vivo weight loss in diet-induced obese mice than cAMP potency alone (Douros et al., 2025)
The Resuscitation: The Resuscitation for CCB can generally be thought of as occurring in three simultaneous categories: reduction of the CCB effect, circumventing their MOA, and removal of the CCB