Metformin improves healthspan and lifespan in mice

Metformin is a drug commonly prescribed to treat patients with type 2 diabetes. Here we show that long-term treatment with metformin (0.1% w/w in diet) starting at middle age extends healthspan and lifespan in male mice, while a higher dose (1% w/w) was toxic. Treatment with metformin mimics some of...

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Main Authors: Martin-Montalvo, Alejandro, Mercken, Evi M., Mitchell, Sarah J., Palacios, Hector H., Mote, Patricia L., Scheibye-Knudsen, Morten, Gomes, Ana P., Ward, Theresa M., Minor, Robin K., Blouin, Marie-José, Schwab, Matthias, Pollak, Michael, Zhang, Yongqing, Yu, Yinbing, Becker, Kevin G., Bohr, Vilhelm A., Ingram, Donald K., Sinclair, David A., Wolf, Norman S., Spindler, Stephen R., Bernier, Michel, de Cabo, Rafael
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3736576/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23900241
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3192
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