Metformin, the most commonly used drug to treat type 2 diabetes, not only lowers blood sugar levels but has revealed to extend lifespan in C. Elegans — an animal model that shares similar metabolic systems with humans and are often used to model human diseases.
Stem cell transplant offers hope for MS patients, study finds
Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, or aHSCT for short, is usually used to treat blood cancers, and involves harvesting stem cells from the person’s own