Assigning new function to a known drug: Metformin, the widely used drug in the treatment of NIDDM, functions as a “radiosensitizer” in lung cancer via up regulation of its target gene Sestrin1, 19/August/2014, 08.16 am

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Citation: Boominathan, Assigning new function to a known drug: Metformin, the widely used drug in the treatment of NIDDM, functions as a “radiosensitizer” in lung cancer via up regulation of its target gene Sestrin1, 19/August/2014, 08.16 am, Genome-2-Bio-Medicine Discovery center (GBMD), http://genomediscovery.org

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Pharmacological relevance: This study suggests the mechanism by which Metformin functions as a radiosensitizer. Furthermore, this study suggests that Metformin can be used to radiosensitize lung cancer cells.
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