Why it matters: The data, which hasn't been peer-reviewed, could give Lilly an added advantage in what's essentially a two-horse race for the booming weight-loss drug market
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Once accepting the external signals, VSMCs can transmit the signals by intracellular signaling pathways, thus activating the Actin in VSMCs and triggering cells contraction