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Jan 30, 2021

‘Organs-on-a-chip’ system sheds light on how bacteria in the human digestive tract may influence neurological diseases

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In many ways, our brain and our digestive tract are deeply connected. Feeling nervous may lead to physical pain in the stomach, while hunger signals from the gut make us feel irritable. Recent studies have even suggested that the bacteria living in our gut can influence some neurological diseases.

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