For decades, scientists have puzzled over how metformin, the world’s most prescribed diabetes drug, works beyond lowering blood sugar. Now, a study from Kobe University reports that metformin users have lower blood copper and iron levels and higher zinc levels compared with non-users. The findings, published in BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, suggest that the drug’s ability to bind …
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