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Chlorinated water supplies don’t disturb healthy gut microbiomes in young children
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Chlorinated water supplies don’t disturb healthy gut microbiomes in young children

by Tufts University Chlorine treated water leaves children’s healthy gut microbiomes unchanged. Credit: Amy Pickering More than 2,000 children die every day around the world simply because they lack clean drinking water, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Engineers, including those at Tufts, have devised simple, low-cost ways to purify drinking water in low-income countries...

Restoring healthy gut bacteria through blood stem cell transplantation
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Restoring healthy gut bacteria through blood stem cell transplantation

IMAGE: TWENTY-SIX PATIENTS WITH XIAP DEFICIENCY UNDERWENT HCT BY THE END OF MARCH 2020, AND 22 (84.6%) SURVIVED. IBD IMPROVED REMARKABLY AFTER HCT. GUT MICROBIOTA INDICATED DYSBIOSIS BEFORE HCT; HOWEVER, IT WAS IMPROVED TO RESEMBLE THAT OF THE HEALTHY FAMILY MEMBERS AFTER HCT. THIS STUDY REVEALED THAT HCT HAS A FAVORABLE OUTCOME FOR XIAP DEFICIENCY....