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Commensal Bacterium Reduces ALS Symptoms in Mice
Commensal Bacterium Reduces ALS Symptoms in Mice
Boosting the levels of Akkermansia muciniphila in mouse guts slowed the progression of an ALS-like disease, while two other microbiome members were associated with more severe symptoms.
Boosting the levels of Akkermansia muciniphila in mouse guts slowed the progression of an ALS-like disease, while two other microbiome members were associated with more severe symptoms.
disease & medicine, neuroscience, neurodegeneration
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Johns Hopkins’s Ted Dawson discusses his lab’s demonstration that misfolded α-synuclein can move from the stomach to the brain and cause physical and cognitive symptoms.
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The stem cell–derived transplants were stable for 24 months and led to wide-ranging behavioral improvements in the monkeys.
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