Can microbiome transfer replace antibiotics over time? Can the microbiome have an antibiotic-like effect? This question has become timely following an experiment at the Salk Institute. The research team has named the process, first described in the journal Cell, the Cooperative Defense System, whereby a test animal is given what is absolutely certain to be...
A team of researchers at McMaster University (Canada) recently confirmed previous observations that the composition and amount of mycobacteria (gut bacteria) in the large intestine changes with age. This process led to intestinal inflammation in experimental mice, which ultimately shortened the lifespan of the animals. In a paper co-authored by the researchers (published in the...