A commonly prescribed drug for diabetes, metformin, has a new side hustle. Besides helping to manage blood sugar in Type 2 diabetes, metformin can also fight off a type of cell that builds up in the ...

You might not think of diabetes when you think of muscle function. But a common diabetes drug that regulates blood sugar can also prevent muscle atrophy and muscular fibrosis -- which can help the ...

A common drug used to treat diabetes may help the elderly bounce back faster from muscle injury or illness. Researchers at University of Utah Health discovered that Metformin can prevent muscle ...

NEW ORLEANS — Medications in development would preserve muscle mass and augment fat loss when used in combination with glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists taken for weight loss. Several ...

Loss of muscle mass (muscle atrophy) can be a result of aging or lifestyle habits, like being inactive or eating a poor diet. Muscle loss can also point to hormone abnormalities or underlying health ...

HOUSTON – A newly identified gene, atrogin-1, is involved in muscle loss associated with cancer, diabetes, fasting and kidney disease as well as in the atrophy occurring with disuse, inactivity, and ...

Muscle-on-chip systems are three-dimensional human muscle cell bundles cultured on collagen scaffolds. A Stanford University research team sent some of these systems to the International Space Station ...

Panelists discuss how the current spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) treatment landscape includes 3 options: gene therapy (onasemnogene abeparvovec [Zolgensma]) for younger patients and 2 splice modifiers ...

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IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Immunis, Inc., a clinical-stage biotech developing multi-active biologics for age and disease-related immune dysregulation, has closed a $25 million Series A-1 ...