A Clean Slate: Engineering the Gut Microbiome With 'Good' Bacteria May Help Treat Crohn's Disease
November 17, 2017
November 17, 2017
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 17 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release:
Penn Medicine researchers have singled out a bacterial enzyme behind an imbalance in the gut microbiome linked to Crohn's disease. The new study, published online this week in Science Translational Medicine, suggests that wiping out a significant portion of the bacteria in the gut microbiome, and then re-introducing a certain type of "good" bacteria that . . .
Penn Medicine researchers have singled out a bacterial enzyme behind an imbalance in the gut microbiome linked to Crohn's disease. The new study, published online this week in Science Translational Medicine, suggests that wiping out a significant portion of the bacteria in the gut microbiome, and then re-introducing a certain type of "good" bacteria that . . .