Mostly Microbes and Infection

  A new model of vertical microbiome transmission between mother and child has been reported. Researchers say microbes in the maternal gut share genes with those in the infant’s gut during the perinatal period directly following birth up to a few weeks postbirth.  

Ivermectin is currently approved for treatment of both clinical and veterinary infections by nematodes, including Onchocerca cervicalis in horses and Onchocerca volvulus in humans. However, ivermectin has never been shown to be effective against bacterial pathogens. Here we show that ivermectin also inhibits infection of epithelial cells by the bacterial pathogen, Chlamydia trachomatis, at doses that could be envisioned clinically for sexually-transmitted or ocular infections by Chlamydia. by Matthew A. Pettengill, Verissa W. Lam, Ikechukwu Ollawa, Camila Marques-da-Silva and David M. Ojcius

And how do they differ from probiotics? Experts weigh in on how these trendy supplements may influence your well-being.

Study found that gut microbiome changes with age, & that it loses aspects of a general core microbiome & strays toward a more individual one. But this isn’t necessarily a good thing. This uniqueness seems to be linked to unhealthy aging .