Nature | News Gut microbe may fight obesity and diabetes
Nature | News Gut microbe may fight obesity and diabetes
Posted:
May 14, 2013
Bacterium helps to regulate metabolism in mice.
- Brian Owens
The gut is home to innumerable different bacteria — a complex ecosystem that has an active role in a variety of bodily functions. In a study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1, a team of researchers finds that in mice, just one of those bacterial species plays a major part in controlling obesity and metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes.
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Posted:
May 14, 2013