This dual-pronged approach helps you eat less without feeling deprived
Cell Metab (2016) 24(1):5162
MOTS-c modulates the FOXO transcription factors and regulates cellular senescence, the state in which aged or damaged cells stop dividing but refuse to die, instead secreting a cocktail of inflammatory signals known as the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP)
The largest analysis to date, presented at the American Society of Nephrologys Kidney Week in 2025, compared roughly 31,000 adults started on semaglutide against a matched group started on metformin
While early in the process, researchers are also developing newer medications that go beyond these mechanisms, including drugs that target additional metabolic pathways
Findings of the clinical study are in the process of being written for journal publication