Timothy Garvey, of the Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA, who led the research
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A number of GLP-1R agonists (GLP-1RAs) feature a fatty acid moiety to promote albumin binding in order to prolong their pharmacokinetics, but the potential for these ligand changes to influence GLP-1R signalling has rarely been investigated beyond potency assessments for cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)
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The idea is that by modulating these dopamine signals, tirzepatide might make smoking less satisfying, less compelling, and therefore easier to quit