Mayoclinic isn't really a cite-able source, but I agree on the rhetoric that antibiotics can cause a microbe imbalance. Unfortunately there hasn't been any rese

Mayoclinic isn't really a cite-able source, but I agree on the rhetoric that antibiotics can cause a microbe imbalance. Unfortunately there hasn't been any research (that I have seen) that has found a causation between Ulcertive Colitis and the microbiome of the colon. There is definitely a correlation between gut health and it's microbiome ([research paper][https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5757125/] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5757125/]), but it doesn't seem to bear causation for the underlying disease. Autoimmune diseases (and the immune system as a whole) are still a mystery to doctors/researchers, so the best approach we have to treating it is empirical instead of deterministic. The stem cell article is the type of research that I hope for, as it attempts to permeate the opaqueness of such a system.