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Bacterial Ecosystems Divide People Into 3 Groups, Scientists Say
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Vanny
May 8, 2012, 3:31:25 AM5/8/12
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See the article for full information. I have just pulled out a few
pertinent paragraphs. Vanny
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/science/21gut.html?_r=1&em&exprod
Bacterial Ecosystems Divide People Into 3 Groups, Scientists Say
"...Dr. Bork and his colleagues have found that each of the types makes
a unique balance of these enzymes. Enterotype 1 produces more enzymes
for making vitamin B7 (also known as biotin), for example, and
Enterotype 2 more enzymes for vitamin B1 (thiamine)...."
"...Doctors might be able to tailor diets or drug prescriptions to suit
people’s enterotypes, for example.
Or, he speculated, doctors might be able to use enterotypes to find
alternatives to antibiotics, which are becoming increasingly
ineffective...."
"...Each person shelters about 100 trillion microbes.
(For comparison, the human body is made up of only around 10 trillion
cells.) But scientists cannot rear a vast majority of these bacteria in
their labs to identify them and learn their characteristics...."
"...In the recent work, Dr. Bork and his team carried out an analysis of
the gut microbes in 22 people from Denmark, France, Italy and Spain.
Some of their subjects were healthy, while others were obese or suffered
from intestinal disorders like Crohn’s disease. Dr. Bork and his
colleagues searched for fragments of DNA corresponding to the genomes of
1,511 different species of bacteria. The researchers combined their
results with previous studies of 13 Japanese individuals and 4
Americans...."
pertinent paragraphs. Vanny
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/science/21gut.html?_r=1&em&exprod
Bacterial Ecosystems Divide People Into 3 Groups, Scientists Say
"...Dr. Bork and his colleagues have found that each of the types makes
a unique balance of these enzymes. Enterotype 1 produces more enzymes
for making vitamin B7 (also known as biotin), for example, and
Enterotype 2 more enzymes for vitamin B1 (thiamine)...."
"...Doctors might be able to tailor diets or drug prescriptions to suit
people’s enterotypes, for example.
Or, he speculated, doctors might be able to use enterotypes to find
alternatives to antibiotics, which are becoming increasingly
ineffective...."
"...Each person shelters about 100 trillion microbes.
(For comparison, the human body is made up of only around 10 trillion
cells.) But scientists cannot rear a vast majority of these bacteria in
their labs to identify them and learn their characteristics...."
"...In the recent work, Dr. Bork and his team carried out an analysis of
the gut microbes in 22 people from Denmark, France, Italy and Spain.
Some of their subjects were healthy, while others were obese or suffered
from intestinal disorders like Crohn’s disease. Dr. Bork and his
colleagues searched for fragments of DNA corresponding to the genomes of
1,511 different species of bacteria. The researchers combined their
results with previous studies of 13 Japanese individuals and 4
Americans...."
Rufus
May 9, 2012, 10:03:48 PM5/9/12
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for gut ecosystems, that they aren't done yet...
...but this is interesting.
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- Rufus
Jeff
May 21, 2012, 6:40:23 PM5/21/12
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just saw this, that is good stuff, I'm hopeful this type of research
will lead to better understanding and treatments for all of us living
with IBD. Last time I saw my GI (couple years ago) he said he thought
that it wouldn't be long before they come up with treatments using
specific bacteria to treat different people or different parts of the
intestine (I can't remember exactly how he phrased it), but I thought
that was significant that he would say that since he's relatively
mainstream.
will lead to better understanding and treatments for all of us living
with IBD. Last time I saw my GI (couple years ago) he said he thought
that it wouldn't be long before they come up with treatments using
specific bacteria to treat different people or different parts of the
intestine (I can't remember exactly how he phrased it), but I thought
that was significant that he would say that since he's relatively
mainstream.
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