Cell interpretation! Scientists are expected to use the human body's gut microbiome to develop new targeted therapies for the treatment of neurological diseases!

March 23, 2021 // --When we think of the causes of neurological diseases and how to treat them, we usually think of researching the brain; but is it the best way or the only direction? A few days ago, in a research report titled "Dissecting the contribution of host genetics and the microbiome in complex behaviors" published in the international journal Cell , scientists from Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions in the United States have discovered through research that microbes in the gut may be It will induce certain disease symptoms related to complex neurological diseases, so microbial-based therapies may be expected to help treat human neurological diseases in the future.

Researcher Mauro Costa-Mattioli said that different abnormal behaviors of the body may be regulated by the interdependence of the host’s genes and the body’s microbiome.

Humans are carriers of host genes and microbial genes.

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Crosstalk between the brain-gut microbiome

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Now that researchers can effectively distinguish the microbiome and the effects of genetic mutations in animals on their behavioral changes, the gut microbiome, as an important variable in the study of human health and disease, may not be ignored.

Use bacteria to heal the brain

Can this research inspire scientists to make new breakthroughs in the treatment of human neurological diseases? Although it is too early to say, the researchers are very confident in their findings.

Although researchers have made certain scientific progress and promises of genetic manipulation, it is still difficult to treat diseases by regulating human genes.

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