“The study was led by Professor Mark Lyte and has been published recently in BioEssays. The researchers have proposed that neuroactive compounds if delivered via neurochemical-producing probiotics could help improve a host’s gastrointestinal and psychological health. These probiotics could be prepared for delivery of the compound using a unifying process of microbial endocrinology.”This paper proposes a new field of microbial endocrinology, where microbiology meets neuroscience,” said Lyte.”
I’ve seen a few papers talking about immunoregulation by gut bacteria. Here’s a report on neuroregulation. Pretty cool.
[via @microbeworld]