AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY Highlights Excessive alcohol consumption causes short-term and long-term health problems An enzyme called ADH1B accelerates the breakdown of alcohol in the body Researchers genetically engineered a probiotic to express ADH1B in mice Mice treated with the probiotic recovered from alcohol exposure faster than untreated mice, and had fewer resulting health problems Washington,...
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A protective probiotic for ALS found
by Bruno Geoffroy, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre Neuroprotection mechanism of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus HA-114. ALS models have impaired carnitine shuttle, a mechanism to transport long chain fatty acids across the mitochondrial membrane for energy production via β-oxidation. Fatty acids, supplied by the probiotic bacteria, is believed to enter the mitochondria independently of the carnitine...
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Found: A protective probiotic for ALS
UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH CENTRE (CRCHUM) IMAGE: ALEX PARKER, A CRCHUM RESEARCHER AND PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL, WITH HIS PHD STUDENT AND STUDY’S FIRST-AUTHOR AUDREY LABARRE CREDIT: CHUM Montreal, December 20, 2022 — A probiotic bacterium called Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus HA-114 prevents neurodegeneration in the C. elegans worm,an animal model used to study amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). That’s the finding of a...