Calotherapy without borders
A year and a half ago (and also not on the first of April!) Australian scientists have proposed using a stool transplant to treat Parkinsonism. And today the French were pleased with the same appetizing news:
Microflora transplantation was proposed to be used for the prevention of diabetes
(Gut microbiota transplantation may prevent development of diabetes and fatty liver disease). The corresponding animal studies were conducted by a group of specialists led by Tiphaine Le Roy from the Micalis Institute.
In addition to healthy laboratory mice, as well as animals with symptoms of diabetes mellitus and fatty hepatosis (liver damage), during the experiments, the researchers used a line of rodents whose digestive tract lacked microflora. The fecal masses of healthy and sick animals were injected into the colon last. Thus, scientists performed microflora transplantation to "sterile" animals.
According to the results of the experiments, in mice that were transplanted with the microflora of healthy mice, the sensitivity of cells to insulin and the level of glucose in the blood were within normal limits. Rodents who received fecal masses of animals with symptoms of diabetes developed insulin resistance, and an increased level of fat content in liver tissue was also recorded.
Laboratory studies in the feces of rodents from the second group revealed a reduced content of bacteria belonging to the genera Lactobacillus, Bacteroides, Atopobium and Akkermansia. The number of microorganisms of the Lachnospiraceae family, on the contrary, was increased.
The authors noted that the transplantation of normal microflora prevented the development of symptoms of diabetes and fatty hepatosis in "sterile" mice.
Earlier, independent groups of researchers from the UK and Switzerland, as well as the USA, confirmed the link between obesity and changes in the composition of microflora. In addition, the influence of an infectious lesion of the digestive tract on the development of Parkinson's disease was confirmed.
Portal "Eternal youth" http://vechnayamolodost.ru20.04.2012