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Researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging (FLI) have discovered that Metformin treatment shortens the life span of old nematode C. elegans. The same metformin regiment that prolongs the lifespan in young animals was highly toxic in old worms.
Researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging (FLI) have discovered that Metformin treatment shortens the life span of old nematode C. elegans. The same metformin regiment that prolongs the lifespan in young animals was highly toxic in old worms.

(Source: Maria Ermolaeva / FLI)

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