Five scientists who have carried out research that has established bases for the fight against diabeteswere awarded the Princess of Asturias Award this 2024.
These are American researchers Jeffrey Friedman, Joel Habener, Svetlana Mojsov (also with Macedonian nationality), the Canadian Daniel Drucker and the danish Jens Juul Holstwho have been behind what the international community has called “the great advance” in the treatment of type 2 diabetes of recent years.
“In recent years there has been great progress in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, with the appearance of drugs that use semaglutide as an active ingredient, a hormone-like peptide, glucagon-1 or GLP-1, which “It plays a counterbalancing role for insulin in the balance of blood sugar,” described the Princess of Asturias Foundation.
The Foundation details that when the sugar level drops, the glucagon It induces the liver to release glucose and when it rises, more insulin is generated, which is responsible for reducing the excess. In addition, semaglutide produces a notable reduction in appetite, which has made Ozempic, one of the drugs produced with this active ingredient, a success.
“Magazine Science designated these anti-obesity drugs as the greatest scientific advance of 2023. Drucker, Habener, Holst and Mojsov share the recognition of having initiated and developed this research since the seventies of the last century,” details the Princess of Asturias Foundation.
He scientific award It is the seventh of the eight international awards that will be announced this year by the Princess of Asturias Foundation. Singer Joan Manuel Serrat won in the Arts category on April 24.
The Iranian cartoonist Marjane Satrapi, also a film director and painter, has received the Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities.
In Sports, the winner was Carolina Marín, three-time badminton world champion. In Social Sciences, the jury recognized the career of the Canadian essayist Michael Ignatieff.
For her part, the Romanian poet Ana Blandiana won the Literature award on May 23 and, last week, the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) was awarded the Princess of Asturias of International Cooperation.
On June 12, the verdict in the Concordia category will be announced.
2024-06-05 17:25:55
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