title: Diabetes: preventing type 2 diabetes mellitus: is metformin the answer?
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Buchanan
authors.forename: Anny H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Xiang
mesh_terms: D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D050417:Insulin-Secreting Cells / Q000502:physiology; D008687:Metformin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D008687:Metformin; C517652:hemoglobin A1c protein, human