Probiotics appear to mitigate pancreatitis: Surprising hypothetical mechanism warrants further investigation

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 20:30 in Biology & Nature

A probiotic treatment appears to mitigate pancreatitis in an animal model, leading to a new hypothesis of how probiotics may act, according to a new study. The bacterial species most closely associated with improvement in health was discovered for the first time in the course of this research.

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