Recent research published in in the journal Developmental Cell has demonstrated the presence of special proteins located in the small vessels of the brain is likely to influence the risk of stroke in mice.
Peter Carlsson along with his research team has investigated the development of the blood brain barrier and what makes the capillaries in the brain different from other vessels in other organs.
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Until only a few years ago, medical science taught doctors that the three to five pounds of bacteria that are housed in our digestive system played a limited role in our well-being.

As the former dean of Harvard medical school, Sydney Burwell once said, "Half of what you are taught in medical school will be wrong in 10 years' time."

What we have come to learn about the gut microbiome in just the past five years has revolutionized our understanding of the role of the digestive tract in body physiology, health, and disease outcomes.
read more from  Gerard E. Mullin, M.D.