World's first of it's kind diabetes treatment trial for type 2

[Amity Island]

Researchers are honing in on the lining of a specific section of the small intestine - the duodenum (is this the right term @mikeyB ?) - which helps regulate blood sugar levels.

‘Phenomenal’ results from world first diabetes trial in Sydney

Type 2 diabetes affects 1.8 million people in Australia.

7news.com.au

 

[mikeyB]

This sounds like absolute tosh, to be honest. The duodenum is only about a foot long, and the only exciting bit of it is the sphincter of Oddi, from where bile acids and pancreatic enzymes emerge. Hardly any nutritional absorption goes on there, food doesn’t hang around long enough. And as it has to cope with stomach acids at pH 1.2 pouring through it, I don’t think there are any special cells that govern blood sugar levels.

I can’t see 4 million T2 folk lining up for gastroscopy, either.