Microbes Give Mice Intestinal Fortitude – ScienceNOW

"The findings add to the growing understanding of the complex relationship between our health and the bacteria living in and on our bodies. They also add to the growing conviction that it might one day be possible to curb diarrhea, and prevent other diseases, by making sure our guts have the right complement of bacteria."

I saw a Nature paper on how <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v469/n7331/full/nature09646.html">Bifidobacteria can protect from enteropathogenic infection through production of acetate.</a> Both these papers suggest that there may be ways to control bacterial pathogenesis with other bacteria. Can you say probiotics?

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