Novel target for diabetes drug identified as ion exchanger
Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 06:32
in Biology & Nature
Nagoya University-led researchers use nematode worms as a model to identify a new target of the type 2 diabetes drug metformin; ion exchanger protein NHX-5 and its related protein in fruit flies are potential metformin targets, suggesting the drug controls the cellular endocytic cycle.