Understanding the microbiome’s role in diabetes

Scientists have long suspected diabetes and the gut microbiome are linked. But the confounding impact of diabetes treatment on the microbiome has posed major challenges to studying the connection in people — until now.

Progressive Shifts in the Gut Microbiome Reflect Prediabetes and Diabetes Development in a Treatment-Naive Mexican Cohort

To look for associations between the gut microbiome composition and development of Type 2 Diabetes, CMIT collaborated with researchers at institutes and hospitals within Mexico to study a cohort that had not been been diagnosed with, or treated for T2D, avoiding the potential influences of medication and lifestyle changes on gut microbes.