Probiotic bacteria evolve inside mice’s GI tracts
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 11:52
in Health & Medicine
Probiotics – which are living bacteria taken to promote digestive health – can evolve once inside the body and have the potential to become less effective and sometimes even harmful, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Researchers studying a strain of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria sold […]