Vitamin nicotinamide riboside protects mice from diabetes complications

Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 12:40 in Health & Medicine

A naturally occurring vitamin, nicotinamide riboside (NR), can lower blood sugar levels, reduce fatty liver, and prevent peripheral nerve damage in mouse models of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a new study by researchers at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and the Iowa City VA Health Care System. The […]

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