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Metformin improves healthspan and lifespan in mice

Alejandro Martín‐Montalvo, Evi M. Mercken, Sarah Jayne Mitchell, Hector H. Palacios, Patricia L. Mote, Morten Scheibye‐Knudsen, Ana P. Gomes, Theresa M. Ward, Robin K. Minor, Marie‐José Blouin, Matthias Georg Schwab, Michaël Pollak, Yongqing Zhang, Yinbing Yu, Kevin G. Becker

Nature Communications · 2013 · ▲ 1,480 citations

Abstract

A 2013 study in Nature Communications demonstrates that treating mice with low-dose metformin significantly improves their healthspan(definition) and lifespan.

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10.1038/ncomms3192
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Martín‐Montalvo, A., Mercken, E.M., Mitchell, S.J., Palacios, H.H., Mote, P.L., Scheibye‐Knudsen, M., Gomes, A.P., Ward, T.M., Minor, R.K., Blouin, M., Schwab, M.G., Pollak, M., Zhang, Y., Yu, Y., Becker, K.G., Bohr, V.A., Ingram, D.K., Sinclair, D.A., Wolf, N.S., &amp; Spindler, S.R. (2013). Metformin improves healthspan and lifespan in mice. <em>Nature Communications</em>. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3192
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Martín‐Montalvo A, Mercken EM, Mitchell SJ, Palacios HH, Mote PL, Scheibye‐Knudsen M, et al. Metformin improves healthspan and lifespan in mice. Nature Communications. 2013. doi:10.1038/ncomms3192.
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@article{alejandro2013Metfor, title = {Metformin improves healthspan and lifespan in mice}, author = {Alejandro Martín‐Montalvo and Evi M. Mercken and Sarah Jayne Mitchell and Hector H. Palacios and Patricia L. Mote and Morten Scheibye‐Knudsen and Ana P. Gomes and Theresa M. Ward and Robin K. Minor and Marie‐José Blouin and Matthias Georg Schwab and Michaël Pollak and Yongqing Zhang and Yinbing Yu and Kevin G. Becker and Vilhelm A. Bohr and Donald K. Ingram and David A. Sinclair and Norman S. Wolf and Stephen R. Spindler and Michel Bernier and Rafael de Cabo}, journal = {Nature Communications}, year = {2013}, doi = {10.1038/ncomms3192}, }

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