Tag Archives: Fecal Bacteriotherapy

Gut types: new key to understanding and improving health?

A new “biological fingerprint” – the bacterial enterotype – has recently been discovered which may eventually become as important as blood types and tissue types are today, with many implications for understanding and improving health. It was already known that, … Continue reading

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Infection-fighting oral bug may point to new medical frontier

A common bacterium found in the mouths of 1 in 20 healthy individuals may offer probiotic potential against upper respiratory tract infections. In a recent study, two strains of Streptococcus salivarius were found to be able to bind to human … Continue reading

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‘Friendly’ bacteria: side-lined healers

Of the 100 trillion ‘friendly’ bacteria, from hundreds of different species, that we each carry around in our gut, only a few may have a special role in shaping our immune responses, but one of this select group involved in … Continue reading

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