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    It's all in the Gut. Why we get ME/CFS

    More news on microbiome and IBS: IBS Microbes http://www.secondgenome.com/2011/03/ibs-microbes/ Aleksandar Milosavljevic and colleagues Baylor School of Medicine in Houston, TX announced their findings from a study of children with Irritable Bowel Syndrome at the International Human...
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    It's all in the Gut. Why we get ME/CFS

    Yeah, It's the gut. All the efforts going into sequencing the microbiome seem like they are going to pay off big: http://commonfund.nih.gov/hmp/ Here's pretty good news for those with IBS: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110517110315.htm Gut Bacteria Linked to Behavior...
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    Gut bacteria and health

    In the past two months, or so, Ive noticed a flurry of studies on Gut bacteria and the relation of those bacteria to out immune systems and overall health. Id like to start a thread on this, so Im posting links to several of those studies. While there is already a lengthy thread on this forum...
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    Faecal transplant eases symptoms of Parkinson's (and CFS)

    Scientists Grow Personalized Collections of Intestinal Microbes Seems like this is suddenly a hot research topic. Here's three related science daily articles. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110321162001.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110323140247.htm...
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    FDA and NIH confirm WPI XMRV findings (report of leaked presentation)

    http://www.mmdnewswire.com/xmrv-9040.html