Diabetes to be Overcome With a 'Probiotic Pill'

Probiotic has been found to help in diabetes treatment in rats, suggesting that it can lead to human remedy. A strain of lactobacillus was made to secrete a Glucagon-like peptide-1 and given orally to rats. The Cornell University researchers engineered a strain of lactobacillus, a human probiotic common in the gut, to secrete a Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and then administered it orally to diabetic rats for 90 days and found the rats receiving the engineered ...