Ep. 16 (Season 2) | Dissecting Type 1 Diabetes, feat. Professor Emrah Altindis
Oct 18, 2022•28 min•Season 2Ep. 16
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Episode description
This week, host Eamon interviewed Dr. Emrah Altindis, an assistant professor of biology at Boston College. Professor Altindis specializes in research about microbe replication of human proteins, including human hormones, and how such replications affect a variety of human diseases. Dr. Altindis' recent publication concluded that a gut microbe may contribute to developing type 1 diabetes.
In this episode, Dr. Altindis discusses the effects of the microbe “parabacteroides distasonis” and its relationship with type 1 diabetes, his experiences testing the microbe in clinical trials, and the increasing rate of type 1 diabetes diagnoses in the future.
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