{"id":191265,"date":"2024-06-15T18:22:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T23:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/metformin-slows-colorectal-cancer-growth-using-micrornas-study-finds"},"modified":"2024-06-15T18:22:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T23:22:50","slug":"metformin-slows-colorectal-cancer-growth-using-micrornas-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/metformin-slows-colorectal-cancer-growth-using-micrornas-study-finds","title":{"rendered":"Metformin slows colorectal cancer growth using microRNAs, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/metformin-slows-colorectal-cancer-growth-using-micrornas-study-finds.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This study provides new insights into metformin\u2019s effect on the molecular mechanisms inside cells and why it reduces proliferation of cancer cells, emphasising the role of miRNAs in colorectal cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The authors suggest their findings highlight the potential for developing RNA therapeutics for cancer prevention and treatment and possibly for targeted interventions. Although there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4548803\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> several challenges<\/a> in the field of miRNA therapeutics, this study could signal another step in their development as potential cancer treatments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This study provides new insights into metformin\u2019s effect on the molecular mechanisms inside cells and why it reduces proliferation of cancer cells, emphasising the role of miRNAs in colorectal cancer. The authors suggest their findings highlight the potential for developing RNA therapeutics for cancer prevention and treatment and possibly for targeted interventions. Although there are [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}