Gut bacteria reduced MS-like inflammation in mice

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Key Takeaway

Giving mice a gut bacterium reduced inflammation and the severity of their MS-like disease.

What They Found

Researchers gave mice with an MS-like disease a gut bacterium first found in an infant's stool. The bacterium changed the mix of microbes in the mice's guts. The mice had less inflammation in their brains and spinal cords. They also had higher levels of a fat made by gut microbes. Giving mice that fat separately also eased their MS-like disease and reduced activity in certain brain and spinal cord cells.

Who Should Care and Why

This study used mice with an MS-like disease, not people with MS. It examined whether changing gut microbes affected their disease. The bacterium reduced inflammation in the mice's brains and spinal cords. The study also tested a fat whose levels rose after the mice received the bacterium. The findings are about a possible way gut microbes affect this mouse disease.

Important Considerations

You should know that these results come from mice, not people with MS. The abstract does not state how many mice were studied. It does not show whether the bacterium or the fat helps people.

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