A Drug's Secret: Science of Metformin's Benefits Revealed

Gregory Steinberg, professor of medicine at McMaster University, talks about a McMaster-led study that found that metformin induces the expression and secretion of a protein called growth differentiating factor 15, or GDF15. This discovery opens a number of avenues of research as scientists have been working to understand how a drug taken for diabetes may have beneficial effects on aging and other diseases. The study results were published in Nature Metabolism.
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The hammering noise in the back ground makes it impossible to listen to what is certainly an important message.

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Please lode the background music.

[@Man-u-flex]

What does metformin have to do with autism ? Makes zero sense

[@LouisWelker]

I thought it would help you with fibromyalsia?

[@kunalsingh4u]

It didn't have any affect on autism. Another way for drug company to push their medication to masses.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5952346/

[@wcg66]

Metformin costs about $10 for a 90 day prescription. There's no push to the masses, they aren't making money on it anymore.

[@tankthearc9875]

it is very cheap and a lot of harvard research studies on it

[@floxy20]

It lost patent protection years ago, dope.

[@garygjl9036]

what is the effect of metformin on Ribosomes? anyone?