6月26日星期五 EASD ( European Association for the Study of Diabetes) 的官方雜誌 Diabetologia 在網路上發表了四篇有關於長效胰島素類似物 ( insulin glargine )1 與癌症可能相關的文獻。雜誌編輯依據對這類可能相關性的研究數據表示,某些特定的胰島素類似物具有特殊結構,使得它們較容易與 IGF-1 Receptor 結合,而 IGF-1 Receptor 已知會參與促進癌細胞的生長2。
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