Title : Metformin is Associated with Decreased 30-Day Mortality Among Nursing Home Residents Infected with SARS-CoV2.

Pub. Date : 2021 Jan

PMID : 33232684






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1 OBJECTIVES: The COVID-19 pandemic presents an urgent need to investigate whether existing drugs can enhance or even worsen prognosis; metformin, a known mammalian target of rapamycin (m-TOR) inhibitor, has been identified as a potential agent. Metformin mechanistic target of rapamycin kinase Homo sapiens
2 These findings suggest a relative survival benefit in nursing home residents on metformin, potentially through its mTOR inhibition effects. Metformin mechanistic target of rapamycin kinase Homo sapiens