'Fountain of youth' to prevent some effects of aging may have surprising source: study
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Their findings could lead to a “poo pill” that humans take to “ … promote long-term health benefits and ameliorate age-associated neurodegeneration and retinal functional deterioration.”
"This ground-breaking study provides tantalizing evidence for the direct involvement of gut microbes in ageing and the functional decline of brain function and vision and offers a potential solution in the form of gut microbe replacement therapy," said Simon Carding, head of the Gut Microbes and Health Research Programme at the Quadram Institute in the United Kingdom.
It's well known that many diseases are associated with changes in the types and behavior of germs in the gut with some changes in the composition of these microorganisms occurring as we age, such as with inflammatory bowel diseases, cardiovascular, autoimmune, metabolic and neurodegenerative disorders, according to the statement on the study.
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