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New clues to bariatric surgery's benefits

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Bariatric surgery to treat obesity can also be effective against type 2 diabetes, but it is unclear how such surgical procedures improve glucose metabolism. A new study in rats suggests that nutrient sensing in the jejunum contributes to the antidiabetic effects of duodenal-jejeunal bypass (pages 950–955).

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Figure 1: Three gastric surgical procedures with beneficial effects on diabetes.

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  1. David A. Sarruf is in the Diabetes Research Unit, Novo Nordisk A/S, Maaloev, Denmark.,

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  2. Susan Bonner-Weir is at the Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,

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  3. Department of Medicine, and in the Division of Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Michael W. Schwartz is at the Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA, Endocrinology and Nutrition, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.,

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Sarruf, D., Bonner-Weir, S. & Schwartz, M. New clues to bariatric surgery's benefits. Nat Med 18, 860–861 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.2801

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