Pessah-Polluck added that GLP-1s can be expensive in some cases, leading patients to turn to non-regulated forms of these drugs
"There are additional complex metabolites that others are looking at, so we're potentially opening a whole new interest into how cancer cells acquire nutrients and how to block that activity
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Neither cagrilintide nor retatrutide is FDA approved as of early 2026
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Benefits Modulates slow-wave (delta) sleep architecture: DSIP was originally identified in studies examining delta-wave activity during deep sleep phases