2016年12月1日 星期四

Parkinson’s Disease Linked to Microbiome

There Is No ‘Healthy’ Microbiome
The same microbes can be helpful allies or dangerous threats.
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Caltech scientists, led by Sarkis Mazmanian, have discovered for the first time a functional link between bacteria in the intestines and Parkinson's disease.


Gut bacteria play a major role in the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
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Tending the Body’s Microbial Garden
Tending the Body’s Microbial Garden
As we learn more about the trillions of microbes we carry around, some scientists want to nurture the good and weed the bad. 



  • Microbiome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbiome

    microbiome is "the ecological community of commensal, symbiotic, and pathogenic microorganisms that literally share our body space." Joshua Lederberg ...
  • Human microbiome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_microbiome

    The human microbiome (or human microbiota) is the aggregate of microorganisms, amicrobiome that resides on the surface and in deep layers of skin, in the ...

  • 人類微生物群系(Human microbiome)又稱為正常菌群(Normal Flora)是某些微生物宿主在長期的進化過程中形成共生關係,對生物體無害的一類細菌。它們包括細菌真菌,和古菌。有項研究指出,一個人類個體上的微生物的細胞總數可達奇宿主細胞總數的十倍之多[1]

  • microbe[mi・crobe]
    • 発音記号[máikroub] [名]微生物;(特に)病原菌
    microbe warfare
    細菌戦.
    [フランス語←ギリシャ語mīkrós(小さい)+bíos(生命)]
    mi・cró・bi・al, mi・cró・bic
    [形]

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