Gut microbes from aged mice induce inflammation in young mice

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Source: Fred Zwicky

New findings suggest that changes to the gut microbiome play a role in the systemwide inflammation that often occurs with aging, and also revealed that antibiotics caused longer-lasting disruptions in gut microbiomes of aged mice than in young mice.

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