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Proteins in Your Gut Protect You

  • July 23, 2004

Millions of beneficial bacteria living in the human gut may actually be helping to protect the lining of the intestines. As a result, the practice of giving antibiotics to cancer patients to prevent infections might render the gut more vulnerable to damage, according to researchers. This danger might be overcome by administering substances that mimic the protective presence of gut bacteria. The findings may also revise thinking about the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD),...