HOUSTON: Metformin, a drug taken by many with diabetes, may have much greater potential beyond controlling blood sugar, some experts say.
Metformin may influence fundamental aging factors that underlie many age-related conditions, including cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s, says Nir Barzilai, MD, director of the Institute for Aging Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the Bronx.
“Metformin is generic, and it’s cheap,” Dr. Barzilai says. And accumulating data suggests that “it interferes with the biology of aging.”