Recent studies covered by Medical News Today have shown that the gut microbiota could have a role in Parkinson’s disease and dementia, and they may explain why type 2 diabetes medication works well for some but not for others.
New research — appearing yesterday in the journal Nature — has now identified almost 2,000 new gut bacterial species that scientists have never cultured in a lab before.
The team of investigators, from the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Wellcome Sanger Institute, both in Hinxton, United Kingdom, used computational analysis to assess gut microbiome samples from participants across the world.
