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Diabetes Medication Possibly Effective against Alzheimer's
Metformin, a medication used for type 2 diabetes, could possibly also be effective in counteracting Alzheimer's disease. This was shown by scientists from the German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), the University of Dundee and the Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics. They found out, that the diabetes drug Metformin counteracts one of the main characteristics of Alzheimer's disease, the change of the cell structure protein Tau, in nerve cells of mice. Furthermore, they managed to reveal the molecular mechanism behind this effect of Metformin. "If it can be verified that Metformin has this effect also in the human body, it is likely to be a good candidate for an effective therapy against Alzheimer's", says Sybille Krauß from the DZNE.
