A gut bacterium in mice can help fight a similar disease as Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

To reduce the ALS symptoms, a friendly gut bacterium might be helpful, a study of mice suggests. It was reported by researchers on 22nd July that mice which develop a degenerative nerve disease pretty much having the same symptoms as Lou Gehrig’s disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), showed better results when bacteria making vitamin B3 were found in their intestines. Those results propose that gut microbes might make molecules whi....