The probiotic bacteria engineered to treat diabetes
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The probiotic bacteria engineered to treat diabetes

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 12, 202619 min

Genetically modified bacteria lower high blood-sugar in animal trials — plus, how to safely watch a solar eclipse. 00:45 A living diabetes treatment Research article: Guan et al. 08:03 Research Highlights Nature: Pumas are drivers’ guardian angels Nature: How a steady drip-drip can erode the hardest stone 10:29 What eclipses might reveal about the Sun’s corona Nature: Solar eclipse offers rare chance to solve Sun’s magnetic-field mysteries Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of scien...

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In experiment, I didn't know yet. Why is life so far? Like it sounds so simple. They had no idea. But now the data is peaking. I find this not only refreshing, but at some level astounding. Nature. Nature. Welcome back to The Nature Podcast, this week a probiotic to treat diabetes

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And what scientists are hoping to learn from today's eclipse. I'm Benjamin Thompson and I'm Nick Petra Ciao. Researchers have developed a probiotic that can actively respond to high blood sugar levels, which they hope could one day be a new treatment for diabetes.

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This is Ninh Tze-Gwan, one of the team behind the new probiotic. Now, diabetes is a pretty common condition. The WHO estimates that around 1 in 9 people live with the disease, the vast majority with type 2 diabetes, which is typically acquired late in life. In type 2 diabetes, the hormone insulin is

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