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Research from APC Microbiome Ireland (APC) SFI Research Centre at University College Cork (UCC) was published in Nature Aging.
Introduces an approach to reverse aspects of aging-related deterioration in the brain via gut microbes.
Potential Therapeutic avenues in microbial-based interventions to slow down brain aging.
This mouse study shows transplanting microbes from young into old animals could rejuvenate aspects of the brain.
Prof John F. Cryan, says “the microbiome can be harnessed to reverse age-related brain deterioration and improved learning ability and cognitive function”.
APC Director Prof Paul Ross added, “The study opens up possibilities to modulate the gut microbiota to influence brain health”.
The work was carried out in the Brain-Gut-Microbiota lab in APC led by Prof John F. Cryan.
