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That doesn't seem to be that clear cut. Evidence is scarce and the article is talking about brains with active illnesses. It could be that there isn't any micr
by outworlder 2y ago
That doesn't seem to be that clear cut.
Evidence is scarce and the article is talking about brains with active illnesses. It could be that there isn't any microbiome normally but if the safety mechanisms fail and bacteria colonize the brain, that would cause the illnesses described.
- cbsmith 2y ago> Evidence is scarce and the article is talking about brains with active illnesses. They compared them to control brains, which also had microbes. > It could be that there isn't any microbiome normally but if the safety mechanisms fail and bacteria colonize the brain, that would cause the illnesses described. That would describe a scenario where the blood-brain barrier isn't 100% effective, no? If it's not 100% effective (which we know to be true), it is also seems unlikely that 100% of the things that cross the blood-brain barrier cause something that we currently consider a disease. Heck, in healthy individuals, latent taxoplasmosis' effects are often so minimial I don't think we'd call it a disease (otherwise 30%+ of the world has the disease).