Acceptance speech: 17th Frontiers of Knowledge Awards in Biology and Biomedicine

Daniel J. Drucker

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20/06/2025
Daniel J. Drucker University Professor at the University of Toronto and Senior Scientist at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto and recipient of the 17th Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biomedicine
Audio: English

Acceptance speech by Daniel J. Drucker, recipient of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 2024 in Biology and Biomedicine, jointly awarded with Joel Habener, Jens Juul Holst and Svetlana Mojsov for his advances in the study of GLP-1, a key hormone in the treatment of diabetes and obesity.

Drucker explains how research on GLP-1 has advanced the understanding of the mechanisms regulating glucose and appetite and their clinical applications, highlighting its impact on the development of more effective and safer treatments, as well as on improving the management and prevention of metabolic diseases

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