Medicine
Role of Gut Microbiome in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Pathogenesis
Quick fact
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease often show drastically reduced gut microbial diversity, with a rise in pro-inflammatory species like adherent-invasive E. coli and a drop in protective bacteria like Faecalibacterium prausnitzii—a shift known as dysbiosis.
Why this is interesting
Ever wonder why a healthy gut can peacefully house trillions of bacteria, but in some people that same microbiome turns against them, causing chronic inflammation and painful digestive symptoms?