This was the first RCT studying composite clinical, analytic, and microbiome changes in T2DM patients with class 1 obesity after RYGB versus standard medical therapy. The remarkable phenotypic improvement after surgery occurred concomitantly with changes in the gut microbiome, but at a lower level (Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome)
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Faecal microbiota transplantation halts progression of human new-onset type 1 diabetes in a randomised controlled trial
FMT halts decline in endogenous insulin production in recently diagnosed patients with T1D in 12 months after disease onset. Several microbiota-derived plasma metabolites and bacterial strains were linked to preserved residual beta cell function. This study provides insight into the role of the intestinal gut microbiome in T1D(BMC Gut)
Personalized Nutrition by Prediction of Glycemic Responses
Using personal and microbiome features enables accurate glucose response prediction (Cell)
MicroBiome Therapeutics Receives Positive Response From FDA For Use Of Expedited Regulatory Pathway For Diabetes Drug NM505
NM505 is a proprietary combination of an MBT microbiome modulator and metformin, the most widely prescribed first-line therapy worldwide for Type 2 diabetes. A recently-published, peer-reviewed proof-of-concept clinical study showed that NM505 improves the tolerability of metformin while further reducing blood glucose levels in patients with Type 2 diabetes
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