
Metformin-supportive nutrition: When gut microbes eat drugs
Zhao et al. identify microbial AdhE as a metformin-degrading enzyme in metformin low-responders and propose enzyme-based microbiome intervention as a strategy to rescue therapy. Published in Cell metabolism, these peer-reviewed endocrinology findings provide quantitative evidence to inform clinical risk stratification, therapeutic decision-making, and follow-up trial design.
Real-World Observation
Finds meaningful patterns in human health records or cohorts, though observational data cannot prove direct cause.