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The Butera Carrying Mycells Can Reduce Pena Alogies in Mice
Researchers found the butera carrying mycells could reduce penal alegies in mice. To test this, they treated 80 mice with an antibiotic to reduce their levels of buterate producing bacteria in the guts. And then they induced severe pena alogies in the mice by feeding them a peanut protein along with an amune stimulating toxin for a month. So how long did the benefit of the treatment last? Like if it worked in people, would you have to keep taking them mice ols forever? The researches didn't look at a really long term effects in these mice, but they did find that the mice cell treatment increased the amount of buterateproducing bacteria in the mouse's guts
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