Children's gut bacteria linked to type 1 diabetes

Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 11:49 in Health & Medicine

University of Florida researchers have found that the variety of bacteria in a child`s digestive tract is strongly linked to whether that child develops type 1 diabetes. The connection could eventually give doctors an early test for the condition and a new way to treat the disease that afflicts more than 3 million Americans.

Read the whole article on Physorg

More from Physorg

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net