Common Drug for Diabetes Can Help Cancer Treatment

Wed, 05 May 2010
Researchers have found out that the popular diabetes medication metformin does not work the way they thought it did.

This discovery can open the door to using metformin to treat cancer, tuberous sclerosis complex and other illnesses.

Metformin is normally prescribed to those with type 2 diabetes and can be extended to treat specific cancers .

The drug prevents the production of glucose (sugar) and increases sensitivity to insulin, the hormone which converts sugar and other foods into energy in the body.

The importance of this finding relates to the wider application of the drug.

Metformin is presently prescribed to 100 million people throughout the world and this study raises the question of how much more widely could this drug be used.

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