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More evidence of a possible role for E. coli bacteria in Parkinson's Disease

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"In summary, our data demonstrate that the gut microbiota, in particular E. coli (a prototypic organism of the Enterobacteriaceae bacterial family), is capable of inducing α-syn aggregation."

Research paper (open access): Discovery of a Gut Bacterial Metabolic Pathway that Drives α-Synuclein Aggregation (March 2024).

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following This is too technical for me to understand. However I just had extensive blood work,stool and urine tests done.The GI map test came back with several different bacteria. I’m working with a functional medicine Dr who is addressing this issue. Keep me updated.thanks for sharing!

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Had my microbiome tested by Florè and they found c diff ... maybe they do similar things folding proteins and so forth?

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