# Type 1 diabetes linked to gut microbiome and genetic factors

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/type-1-diabetes-linked-to-gut-microbiome-and-genetic-factors/8206>\
**Category:** Type 1 & LADA\
**Created:** [August 28, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/type-1-diabetes-linked-to-gut-microbiome-and-genetic-factors/8206 "2019-08-28T02:14:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/type-1-diabetes-linked-to-gut-microbiome-and-genetic-factors/8206/1 "2019-08-28T02:14:46Z")

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The other article I just posted led me to this one—- fascinating to me that studies of gut microbiome are starting to bear fruit and stand up to scientific scrutiny finally after years of being decried as nonsense. Wasn’t all that long ago that everyone knew the world was flat.

> **[Type 1 diabetes linked to gut microbiome and genetic factors](https://www.news-medical.net/news/20190820/Type-1-diabetes-linked-to-gut-microbiome-and-genetic-factors.aspx?sfns=mo)**
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> A new study has revealed that the gut microbiome of children with a high genetic risk of developing type 1 diabetes is markedly different from those who have a low risk of the condition.