Fecal Microbiota Transplantation from Young Mice to Old Mice Improves Health

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation from Young Mice to Old Mice Improves Health

The gut microbiome is made up of thousands of microbial species in various proportions. The balance of populations shifts with age to favor harmful, inflammatory microbes over beneficial microbes that manufacture metabolites necessary to normal tissue function. This contributes to degenerative aging to some degree. One of the few ways to permanently alter the gut microbiome is to transplant fecal matter from one animal to another. Fecal microbio…