Few studies ten years ago considered the gut and its flora in the context of chronic disease. Now microbiome studies are popping up in just about every disease. The “gut-brain” axis is a real thing. The bacteria in the gut appear to be able to affect brain...
This is the first in a series of blogs that report on the recent EMERGE conference in Australia. The different conference format – which allowed for long presentations – allowed the presenters to dig more deeply into their topics than usual. Longtime...
In decades of immune research, nobody has ever called attention to the specialized T-cells called MAIT cells in ME/CFS. Recently, though, two research efforts, working independently, have highlighted these unique cells – which form a bridge between the gut and...
Day two of the Conference – not all of which is covered here, started off with a physicians’ panel, then NIH Director Francis Collins showed up (covered later) just before the Intramural study presented some results, then it was onto Ian Lipkin, Dr. Oh,...
Multiple sclerosis is a brain disease, right? Wrong. A recent study suggested that M.S. is actually a gut-brain disease and that drug makers trying to cure M.S. may be barking up the wrong tree. They should be looking to the gut – not the brain. It’s not...
Tens of billions of dollars ($36 billion in 2015) are spent on probiotics in the U.S. every year. Two recent Isreali studies, though, suggest that some of that money is being spent in vain. The study revealed that while some people may benefit from probiotics, others...
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