Tuesday, 14 October, 2014

Optical control of insulin secretion

Photopharmacology

LMU researchers have chemically modified an anti-diabetic agent so as to make its action dependent on light. The resulting prototype compound, termed JB253, induces release of insulin only when pancreas cells are exposed to blue light. more...

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Publication "Optical control of insulin release using a photoswitchable sulfonylurea"