In 1992, Dr John Eng discovered a molecule in Gila monster venom; decades later, his finding helped pave the way for widely used type 2 diabetes medicines
Meet John Eng: The hospital doctor whose Gila monster discovery helped open the door to Ozempic. (Photo: X post) Long before Ozempic became one of the world’s most talked-about medicines, a doctor working at a Veterans Affairs hospital in the Bronx was studying something far less glamorous: the venom of a desert lizard.His name was…
