Study: Gut microbiota impacts the progression of brain lesions after stroke – News-Medical.net

Stroke-induced inflammation is both a blessing and a curse. Some of the inflammatory processes help heal the damaged brain after treatment, but others severely damage neurons and whole-body function. In the research world, this observation has kicked off a long-distance race to find a solution that would both hinder ‘bad’ inflammation and promote its ‘good’ counterpart.
Corinne Benakis, neurobiologist at the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, has something of a head start on her peers….

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