According to the researchers, metformin works on the ‘longevity gene’ SIRT1 to protect the user’s vascular system against deterioration caused by glucose toxicity.
Targeting sirtuin1 alleviates experimental autoimmune colitis by induction of Foxp3+ T-regulatory cells http://t.co/v1xDYhsNOv #Sirt1 #Tcell
— ItsYourGuardianAngel (@kailanman) December 24, 2014Metformin: do we finally have an anti-aging drug? http://t.co/ax7XId88Ba
— Kelly A. Hogan Ph.D. (@Loose_Lab_Rat) October 3, 2014Anti-diabetic drug suffocates #PancreaticCancer #stemcells: Study #metformin #Metabolism #OXPHOS #mitochondria http://t.co/kJndT93B11
— eastvillagetwt (@eastvillagetwt) September 13, 2015Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells Could Be Suffocated by Diabetes Drug Metformin #news #cancer http://t.co/xZu4kvkTvb
— The Diabetic News (@TheDiabeticNews) September 14, 2015Transplanted human umbilical cord blood cells may offer therapy for Alzheimer's sufferers https://t.co/43TkFxfNtr #stemcell
— MNT Stem Cell News (@mnt_stemcell) October 30, 2015Cell: SIRT1 regulates the circadian clock, and degeneration of this may contribute to ageing (£) http://t.co/DVbGWMSRH8
— NatureRevMolCellBiol (@NatRevMCB) June 21, 2013Leukemia Mutations Linked To Aging, Not Cancer: When a cancer-initiating event occurs in one of these stem cells... http://t.co/5uszT8Ou
— Stem Cell News (@mystemcellnews) July 23, 2012
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A Mitochondrial DNA Transplant Could Help Treat Hundreds Of Diseases http://t.co/UUJmpXaYXh
— io9 (@io9) January 7, 2015