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Probiotics inhibit microbiome recovery after antibiotics

They cause severe and long-lasting disturbances over gene expression and native microbiome

06-Sep-2018

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Probiotics may not be as universally beneficial for gut health as thought.

Can hinder gut microbiome from returning to normal after a course of antibiotics

Gut microbiome is the sum total of all the micro-organisms living in a person’s gut.

It has been shown to play a huge role in human health.

Study also found that stool bacteria only partially correlates with the microbiome.

The studies were published in the Cell journal.

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Cell

Scientific journal publishing research from many disciplines within the life sciences

Eran Elinav

Fellow of Humans & the Microbiome at Weizmann Institute of Science.

Weizmann Institute of Science

Public Research university.

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