# Metformin Works in the Brain, Not the Liver—60 Years of Research Were Wrong

- slug: metformin-works-in-the-brain-not-the-liver-60-years-of-research-were-wrong
- date: 2026-03-25
- category: Biotech & Life Sciences

Sixty years into its clinical life, metformin still had a secret.

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, working with collaborators at Louisiana State University, Nagoya University, and Meiji University in Japan, have found that metformin — the world's most prescribed diabetes drug — works i...

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