Gut bacteria have this unique chemistry that they can, you know, make em bio chemicals that our body doesn't normally have. And so i wondered whether we could use microbes to correct these g i problems, and if so, what happens to the behaviors? Ok, this news is exciting, as he just buckle up your guts. We ultimately found that if we changed the microbiom, we could correct some of the behavior. Where do you go from there? In in maybe mouse studies, to humans. I mean, that's huge news. It's really exciting for the fundamental biology. But i think it inspires no more work to be done.
LOVE YOUR GUTS. 90% of your serotonin is made in your guts and you have hundreds of trillions of friends clinging to you at all times. Microbiologist Dr. Elaine Hsiao is a total badass who runs her own lab investigating the role of the gut biome in behaviors. She sat down to chat about anxiety, depression, elusive fecal transplants, autism, epilepsy, kombucha promises, autoimmune disorders, probiotics and more. Alie fanned out pretty hard and asked all of the questions about how your beloved, simmering insides affect your brain. It's gut-busting, mind-blowing info.
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