The effects of antibiotics in childhood may threaten diabetes, scientists 13:14

Scientists from the University of Colorado found that the effects of antibiotics during infancy could slow down the growth of pancreas cells that produce insulin and increase the risk of diabetes at a later age. Research Results published In Science magazine.

Scientists announced that children were originally born with a small number of beta cells. However, there is a sharp increase in the development of the body at a certain moment in infancy. The effect of antibiotics in such an important period may interrupt this process.

Scientists reached this conclusion during the experiments on mice. Some germs were inserted into the body of rodents, then some of them increased the growth of beta cells and increased the level of insulin in the blood. The most powerful modulation effect had the fungus of Candida Dubliniesis.

Researchers, seven to 12 months of healthy babies’ faeces of the newborn mice, beta cells began to grow. The intestinal microbiota of other children had no such effect. These results argued that the body should be placed with various microorganisms for the normal development of the endocrine system, and that the colonization time with these germs was organized.

When the men of the mice became genetically prone to the first type of diabetes, when a fungus during infancy were infected, their diseases developed less than 15% of cases. In mice with “empty” microbiota, diabetes occurred in 90% of cases.

Diabetes also tends to the rodents of an antibiotics of a wide range of influences in a period equivalent to seven to twelve -month -old human life. Blood sugar increased, insulin level decreased, and generally metabolic functions worsening in adulthood.

According to scientists, similar effects may manifest itself in humans. However, additional studies are needed to verify these results.

Previously, scientists Eliminated The main obstacle to genetic treatment of cancer and diabetes.