MEXICO CITY.- Metformin is one of the most used medicines to treat type 2 diabetes for more than six decades. For years, its effect has been explained mainly by its action on the liver, where it helps reduce glucose production, and by its role in the intestine; however, a new study points to another key place: the brain. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and international collaborators identified a cerebral pathway that could participate…
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MEXICO CITY.- Metformin is one of the most used medicines to treat type 2 diabetes for more than six decades. For years, its effect has been explained mainly by its action on the liver, where it helps reduce glucose production, and by its role in the intestine; however, a new study points to another key place: the brain. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and international collaborators identified a cerebral pathway that could participate…