Brain Immunity Responds to Stress and Infection With Mental Illness in Young Mice

As research into the etiology (origin & cause) of mental illness continues and the rate of such illness continues to rise, studies like this one are linking various factors together to explain the growing epidemic. As with many health conditions, more than one trigger is needed to get the symptom train moving. Prior research had…

Microplastics and Microbial Antibiotic Resistance

In a world filling with more and more microplastics, research which demonstrates bacterial antibiotic resistance through biofilms on these microplastics should get everyone’s attention.  As the world has turned to depending on plastic products for so many aspects of daily life, the tiny debris of these plastics rub off and spread practically everywhere.  As these…

Probiotics for Vitiligo

Probiotics for Vitiligo As scientists discover more and more connections between our gut flora and our disease processes, studies like this one give hope to vitiligo patients who have few other options from the medical world.  In their mouse study, the researchers purified a probiotic-produced chemical and confirmed both vitiligo improvement and immune cell changes…