Can A Common Germ Cure Diabetes?

One of the most common healthy bacteria in the gut could be a key to curing diabetes, according to new animal research that used an engineered form of the probiotic to create new insulin-creating cells in the intestine.

One of the most common healthy bacteria in the gut, Lactobacillus, could be a key to curing diabetes--probiotics may be used to reproduce new insulin-creating cells in the intestine.