For years, many scientists have tried to find a way to fight against aging. Many treatments have already been proposed with more or less satisfactory results, without bringing out a miracle treatment. Recently, researchers published the results of their research regarding the effects of feces transplantation on aging.
According to the article that was published in the journal Microbiome, improvements were observed in the gut health of aged mice. The latter had received transplants of faecal microbiota from younger mice.
According to a statement released by researchers at the Quadram Institute, who are behind the study, older mice showed fewer problems with eye, gut and brain function.
A potential solution
Professor Simon Carding, who heads the institute’s Gut Microbes and Health Research Program, said in the statement that this study provides evidence of the direct effect of gut microbes on aging. He added that it offers a potential solution in the fight against aging in the form of gut microbe replacement therapies.
Viewing microbes in the gut as a way to fight aging is not a new idea. In 2021, the US National Institute of Health said it had found a link between unique gut microbiomes and healthy aging. Several companies today sell probiotics to increase the number of good microbes in the intestines.
Not for now
It seems that intestinal microbes are a good way to fight against aging. However, the microbiome is a very complex thing, and none of these treatments are FDA-approved yet. If the new study proves conclusive, it could serve as the basis for an FDA-supervised trial. But it will first have to obtain satisfactory results in humans.
Thus, it will still take time and a lot of research before this new method of rejuvenation is offered to patients. It should be remembered that the results were observed in mice, and the digestive tract of the latter does not work like that of humans.
SOURCE: Futurism