In many people with type 2 diabetes, the disease vanishes almost immediately after surgery, too quickly to be explained by
the gradual weight loss that happens later
Microbes May Slim Us Down After Gastric Bypass - ScienceNOW - 0 views
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Patients also describe not being as hungry, or craving foods like salad that they hadn't liked much before
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Because it bypasses part of the stomach and small intestine, the surgery alters the intestinal environment, changing elements such as pH and bile concentrations
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Gut microbes may be behind weight loss after gastric bypass | Genes & Cells | Science News - 0 views
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Roux-en-Y, the most common technique for gastric bypass, diverts food around most of the stomach and upper small intestine
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Previous studies of people and rats have found that the natural mix of microbes in the intestines changes after gastric bypass, with some groups growing more prominent and others diminishing in number
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No one knew whether the altered microbial composition was merely a side effect of the surgery, or whether shifting bacterial populations could help people lose weight.
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A new way to lose weight? Study shows that changes to gut microbiota may play role in w... - 0 views
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by colonizing mice with the altered microbial community, the mice were able to maintain a lower body fat, and lose weight – about 20% as much as they would if they underwent surgery
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New research
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has found that the gut microbes of mice undergo drastic changes following gastric bypass surgery
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Soyuz Makes Record-Breaking 'Fast Track' to Space Station - 0 views
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The new abbreviated four-orbit rendezvous with the ISS uses a modified launch and docking profile for the Russian ships
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It has been tried successfully with three Progress resupply vehicles, but this is the first time it has been used on a human flight.
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In the past, Soyuz manned capsules and Progress supply ships were launched on trajectories that required about two days, or 34 orbits, to reach the ISS.
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Space Station Crew Captures Soyuz Launch, As Seen from Orbit - 0 views
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The Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft launched at 2:43 a.m. Friday local time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (4:43 p.m. EDT, 20:43 UTC on March 28),
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crew of Pavel Vinogradov, Aleksandr Misurkin and Chris Cassidy
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The fast-track launch had the crew arriving in just 5 hours and 45 minutes after launch
New US-Russian Crew Docks at Space Station After Super-Fast Flight | Space.com - 0 views
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Before now, manned trips to the space station have taken at least two days, but with the docking of this ship just six hours after liftoff
True colors of some fossil feathers now in doubt (w/ Video) - 0 views
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evidence for the colors of feathers—especially melanin-based colors—can be altered during fossilization
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past reconstructions of the original colors of feathers in some fossil birds and dinosaurs may be flawed
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In modern birds, black, brown, and some reddish-brown colors are produced by tiny granules of the pigment melanin
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Heart repair breakthroughs replace surgeon's knife - 0 views
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Many problems that once required sawing through the breastbone and opening up the chest for open heart surgery now can be treated
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through a tube
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These minimal procedures used to be done just to unclog arteries and correct less common heart rhythm problems
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