VTT, Turku University Hospital And Gothenburg University Studying How Gut Microbes Affect On Progression Of Type 1 Diabetes
VTT has started a new 3-year project in September 2008 jointly with the Turku University Hospital and the Gothenburg University with the aim being prevention of type 1 diabetes. To achieve this goal the scientists will be using gut microbiota as a target. T1D is a major healthcare issue in Western countries. The project is motivated by VTT’s discovery of early metabolic signatures predictive of later progression to autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes.
More: continued here