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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A Lund University research team has shed new light on why gastric bypass often sends diabetes into remission rapidly, opening the door to developing treatment with the same effect.
85% of patients with type 2 diabetes who undergo a gastric bypass procedure recover from the disease within a few days, showing a return to normal blood sugar levels -- long before any weight loss. Until now, there have been few clues as to why this happens.
"Most previous studies have analysed samples taken from patients before and after a gastric bypass, but there is a risk that the results are misleading. They may not be attributable to the operation itself, but rather to factors such as weight loss and reduced food intake," says Nils Wierup of the Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130501090648.htm
85% of patients with type 2 diabetes who undergo a gastric bypass procedure recover from the disease within a few days, showing a return to normal blood sugar levels -- long before any weight loss. Until now, there have been few clues as to why this happens.
"Most previous studies have analysed samples taken from patients before and after a gastric bypass, but there is a risk that the results are misleading. They may not be attributable to the operation itself, but rather to factors such as weight loss and reduced food intake," says Nils Wierup of the Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130501090648.htm