A study has found that there may be an association between bacteria in parts of the body and type 2 diabetes. The latest research lays the ground for future work to determine what this relationship may be, how it functions, and in what ways it may help clinicians combat type 2 diabetes and other diseases that show an association with obesity.
The research study appears in the journal Nature Metabolism. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 1 in 10 people in the United States have diabetes, and of those, around 90% have type 2 diabetes.
The cells of a person with type 2 diabetes are not able to process blood sugar properly, affecting a key way they receive energy.
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