How can metabolic surgery cure diabetes so fast? (AlphaGalileo, 14 April 2011)

15 Apr 2011

Researchers from Lund University, Sweden, are commencing a trial to investigate the mechanisms by which gastric bypass surgery leads to a rapid normalisation of glucose homeostasis (i.e. recovery from diabetes). The team states that this cannot be down to weight loss alone, and will examine the role of gastrointestinal hormones in both pigs and humans.