Baylor College of Medicine Researchers Discover Metformin Acts on Brain
Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine have discovered that metformin, a widely prescribed medication for type 2 diabetes used for decades, acts directly on the brain to help regulate blood sugar levels. Traditionally, the medical community understood the drug’s glucose-lowering effects as operating primarily through the liver—by decreasing glucose production via the enzyme AMPK—and … Read more