Faecal microbial transplants (FMT) may prove an unusual way to reverse the signs of ageing as UK scientists find changes to the gut, eyes, and brain when transplanting FMTs from young to old mice.
A new study in mice has concluded that a compound found in the peels of fruits such as apples and prunes, and some herbs, can reduce and even reverse damage to brain cells in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
Intestinal bacteria play a key role in causing and preventing obesity and neurodegeneration and a study has suggested they could also reduce cancer risk.
Fatty food rather than obesity in itself affected the ability of animals in a study to fight off sepsis caused by bacteria, claims a doctoral thesis from Sweden.
A Mount Sinai School of Medicine study found giving mice with
amyloid plaques red wine slows their memory loss and brain cell
death - adding to a body of science linking compounds in the
beverage to slowing the Alzheimer's disease-related...
The substance that gives ginger its flavour appears to inhibit the
growth of human colorectal cancer cells, according to research
presented yesterday at a major meeting of cancer experts in the US.
A study by the National Cancer Institute, presented this week at
the Experimental Biology 2002 meeting in New Orleans, shows that
even moderate caloric restriction reduced by 60 per cent the number
of precancerous intestinal polyps...
A mouse that was genetically genetically altered to get fat,
remained slim and trim thanks to the removal of a particular gene,
according to researchers in the US.