Sunday, January 25, 2015

Inflammatory Bowel Disease is Caused by Viruses

A new study done on inflammatory bowel disease shows that the true culprit behind the disease is a virus. Bacteriophages are viruses that kill bacteria. The study showed that people with inflammatory bowel disease have these viruses in their bodies. These viruses kill the good bacteria in the intestines of the patient which leads to inflammation and disease. This explains why probiotics do not help with this disease. It also explains why fecal transplants don't help either. The virus kills any new bacteria introduced into the patients body before it has a chance to do any good.

More on this Here: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/when-bacteria-killing-viruses-take-over-it%E2%80%99s-bad-news-gut?tgt=nr

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2 comments:

  1. Ryan January 26, 2015 at 12:24 AM

    Hi Ben, thanks for sharing. What do you think this finding implies? What makes treating bacteriophages different from treating normal viruses?

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  2. Max VFebruary 5, 2015 at 2:44 PM

    I am just curious how this finding affects other diseases and fields of science? Is this information only applicable to this disease?

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