Gut microbes and stress team up to make a painful disease worse.
Immune cells called neutrophils (yellow), whose production can be stimulated by gut-dwelling microbes, can exacerbate cardiovascular disease. Credit: SPL.
Stress can make people more prone to conditions such as heart disease. Now, researchers have found that gut bacteria could contribute to the detrimental health consequences of mental stress.
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