'Friendly' bacteria protect against type 1 diabetes, Yale researchers find

Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 22:21 in Health & Medicine

In a dramatic illustration of the potential for microbes to prevent disease, researchers at Yale University and the University of Chicago showed that mice exposed to common stomach bacteria were protected against the development of Type I diabetes. read more

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