C9-ALS

Diabetes Drug May be Effective Treatment for ALS

Metformin Treatment May Be Effective for Severe Genetic Mutations

Medicine & Technology Jul 21, 2020

In a breakthrough discovery, metformin is found to be effective not only for diabetic patients, but for those with a genetic mutation that results in a specific form of ALS, or C9-ALS. Scientists are already in phase 2 of trials.

C9-ALS

Metformin Treatment May Be Effective for Severe Genetic Mutations

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