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LeelooMember

I saw this article about a coating for the small intestine that can slow glucose absorption for diabetics and holds promise for other medical applications in the small intestine and wondered if it could possibly help this community? Does anyone know if there is any hope for this or any other advances? I’d be curious to hear. Sorry if this has already been discussed. The article also discusses other medical stuff so scroll down about half way to see what I’m talking about. Thank you!

https://apple.news/A7J6jEewbQIas0aPJG1yY3A

5/25/211:10 AM

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Scott FMember

This is interesting science, and it might turn out to be valuable in the future. At this stage it isn’t clear how it might be applied to IBD. I’d put it less in the “impending miracle” category than in the “lots of good science is going on, and there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic for the future” category.

5/25/2110:57 AM

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LeelooMember

Thanks, Scott! That’s cool…Progress, not perfection.

5/25/214:04 PM

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Jan DollarModerator, RN, retired

This was an interesting read and I do think it may be a useful tool in the future for delivery of bowel targeting medications. Plus, anything to have new treatment options for diabetes is a great thing.

I also took a look at the related articles linked to this, which led me to find the abstract about a similar product for treatment of IBD.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4825054/

Jan