Researchers at Cornell University have successfully treated diabetic rats by engineering a strain of lactobacillus, a rod-shaped bacteria common in the human gut, resulting in up to 30 percent lower blood glucose levels. The technology could pave the way for a new treatment for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes that could one day see managing diabetes be as easy as taking a daily probiotic pill.... Continue Reading Managing diabetes could one day be as easy as popping a pill
Section: Medical
Tags: Bacteria, Cornell University, Diabetes, Probiotic
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