Sentences with phrase «transplanted human microbiome»

In 2008, when he fed Lactobacillus to mice with a transplanted human microbiome, he observed metabolic changes in the animals» gut, liver, kidneys, and parts of the brain.

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When they are given a microbiome in the form of a fecal transplant from a human donor, however, they plump up within a day or two because the bacteria help them digest their food and develop a proper metabolism.

Researchers have already restored the «normal» human gut microbiome using fecal transplants to cure recurrent infections with the bacterium Clostridium difficile.