Insulin at 100: still central in protein-based therapy for chronic disease

Peter Kurtzhals; Bernt Johan von Scholten; Frederik Flindt Kreiner; Stephen Charles Langford Gough

doi:10.1038/s43856-021-00004-4

Insulin at 100: still central in protein-based therapy for chronic disease

Commun Med (Lond). 2021 Jun 30:1:9. doi: 10.1038/s43856-021-00004-4. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Peter Kurtzhals¹, Bernt Johan von Scholten¹, Frederik Flindt Kreiner¹, Stephen Charles Langford Gough¹

Affiliation

¹ Global Chief Medical Office, Novo Nordisk A/S, Søborg, Denmark.

Abstract

The discovery of insulin has inspired several pivotal medical and scientific developments during the past 100 years. Here, we describe how insulin as a model protein will drive future advances in peptide- and protein-based therapies for chronic diseases.

Keywords: Diabetes; Pharmacology; Type 1 diabetes.