Anti-aging compound improves muscle glucose metabolism in people
E-Mail IMAGE: Senior investigator Samuel Klein, MD, (left), in the laboratory with Adewole Okunade, PhD. Klein's team found that NMN improved the ability of insulin to increase glucose uptake in skeletal muscle.... view more Credit: Matt Miller A natural compound previously demonstrated to counteract aspects of aging and improve metabolic health in mice has clinically relevant effects in people, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. A small clinical trial of postmenopausal women with prediabetes shows that the compound NMN (nicotinamid...