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Transferring the intestinal bacteria of mice with Alzheimer’s disease into healthy mice caused the healthy mice to develop more beta-amyloid plaques in the brain. Beta-amyloid plaques are a hallmark sign of Alzheimer’s.  Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 30 million people worldwide and is not a curable disease today.

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Reference: Nicholas M. Vogt, Robert L. Kerby, Kimberly A. Dill-McFarland, Sandra J. Harding, Andrew P. Merluzzi, Sterling C. Johnson, Cynthia M. Carlsson, Sanjay Asthana, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Barbara B. Bendlin & Federico E. Rey (2017) Gut microbiome alterations in Alzheimer’s disease. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 13537 (2017). Weblink: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-13601-y