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Gut Microbiome May Provide Novel Therapies for Neurological Disorders
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March 11, 2021
Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine report that they have found that microbes in the gut may contribute to certain symptoms associated with complex neurological disorders. Their study “Dissecting the contribution of host genetics and the microbiome in complex behaviors,” published in
Cell, also suggests that microbe-inspired therapies may one day help to treat them.
Mauro Costa-Mattioli, PhD, professor and Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair in neuroscience and director of the Memory and Brain Research Center at Baylor, discovered with his team that different abnormal behaviors are interdependently regulated by the host’s genes and microbiome. Specifically, the team found that in mouse models for neurodevelopmental disorders, hyperactivity is controlled by the host’s genetics, whereas social behavior deficits are mediated by the gut microbiome.
A man walks along the beach in Galveston, Texas, last August. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
HOUSTON (CN) As Galveston County gears up for throngs of beachgoing spring breakers, it’s already a destination for Covid-weary Texans signing up on its take-all-comers vaccine wait list.
“Look what I got today! Galveston County. Nice that they’re finally more available,” a 52-year-old woman tweeted Tuesday with a photo of her holding up a card showing she had received her first dose of the Moderna vaccine.
“I’m now scheduled to get the vaccine this week!!” Katie Livingood, an employee of NASA’s Johnson Space Center wrote Wednesday in a tweet directing other Galveston County residents to sign up for its wait list, which is managed by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
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