Inflammation: Microbiome manipulation ameliorates colitis

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 17, 96 (2018). doi:10.1038/nrd.2018.9 Author: Sarah Crunkhorn Intestinal inflammation and gut microbiota dysbiosis are closely associated. Using mouse models of colitis, Zhu et al. demonstrate that administration of sodium tungstate in drinking water selectively controls the expansion of bacterial populations, such as Enterobacteriaceae, that rely on molybdenum cofactor-dependent processes, shifting the
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