Gut Bacteria May Lead to Parkinson’s Disease: Study

 Gut Bacteria May Lead to Parkinson’s Disease: Study

 

Parkinson’s disease may be linked to certain gut bacteria, according to a new study. Writing in the journal

 Cell, researchers at the California Institute of Technology say: “Changes in the composition of gut

 bacterial populations—or possibly gut bacteria themselves—are actively contributing to and may even

 cause the deterioration of motor skills that is the hallmark of this disease.” Parkinson’s is a neurodegenerative disease that affects some 10 million people around the world...