Transferring gut bacteria from lean, healthy donors to those with metabolic syndrome increased the butyrate - producing bacteria, which improved insulin sensitivity (8).
A study last year showed that
transferring gut bacteria between humans reduced insulin resistance, which is linked to obesity.
To find out what was going on in the microbiomes of four sets of differently shaped identical twins, researchers
transferred some gut bacteria from a lean (human) twin to a sterile mouse: one with no foreign bacteria at all.
For example, when the researchers
transferred the gut bacteria of mice who had consumed saccharin into mice whose guts were bacteria - free, it caused these previously healthy mice to become glucose intolerant.
Not exact matches
In a sample group at Newcastle University who were fed a single meal of GM soya, it was found that, contrary to expectation, the GM DNA had survived almost intact and
transferred to the
gut bacteria; that is dangerous because it could compromise antibiotic resistance.
The researchers observed similar differences when they
transferred the MS
gut bacteria to germ - free mice and induced brain inflammation.
When the researchers
transferred gut microbes from the twins into mice predisposed to develop a disease similar to MS, they found that after 12 weeks, three times as many mice receiving
bacteria from MS patients developed brain inflammation as those receiving microbes from healthy donors.
The scientists
transferred the twins»
gut bacteria to mice predisposed to develop a disease that mimics MS. Twelve weeks after the transplant, about 40 percent more mice with
gut microbes from a twin with MS developed brain inflammation compared with mice that got
gut microbes from a twin without disease.
Transfering bacteria from kangaroo
guts to cows might help cut down on the ruminants» methane footprint (hoofprint?).
They could also
transfer them back to
gut bacteria — a necessary step in conferring drug resistance.
By
transferring part of the
gut bacteria from healthy mice to diabetic mice, they are re-establishing a normal level of cathelicidin.
But
bacteria in the animals»
gut can also
transfer the resistance genes to microbes harmful to humans.
What was most important was that by mom improving the
bacteria profile in her
gut, that healthy
gut microbiota profile was
transferred to the baby.»
If ARM genes were to
transfer to pathogenic
bacteria inside the
gut or mouse, they might create super diseases, untreatable with one or more types of antibiotics.
In short, they are talking about a way to mimic the natural
gut bacteria transfer that happens during the birthing process with microbial wipes (I wrote about this last year in my gentle cesarean post).
Bacteria in these products have lactose - digesting enzymes, and when they get a chance to grow in the gut they can transfer their genes to the bacteria on the lining of
Bacteria in these products have lactose - digesting enzymes, and when they get a chance to grow in the
gut they can
transfer their genes to the
bacteria on the lining of
bacteria on the lining of the
gut.
Research shows a way to
transfer a mom's microbes to cesarean babies using probiotics from the birth canal, improving
gut bacteria and immune health.
What's even more interesting is that when researchers
transferred the deficient
bacteria from overweight, insulin - resistant mice in to the
guts of skinny, healthy mice, the healthy mice immediately began to eat more and appear hungrier.
Disturbingly, the only published human feeding study on GM foods ever conducted verified that the gene inserted into GM soy
transfers into the DNA of our
gut bacteria and continues to function.