Parkinson’s disease ‘may start in gut’

Re:Parkinson’s disease ‘may start in gut’ by peteretep on Friday December 02, 2016 @06:28AM (#13087763)

    > but it looks like any treatment
    > based on this will still be
    > quite some way off

I came away with the opposite impression. Wouldn't you just need a targetted antibiotic?

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Re:Parkinson’s disease ‘may start in gut’ by beef234 on Friday December 02, 2016 @07:47AM (#13088127)

Fecal implant would be an obvious solution.

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Re:Parkinson’s disease ‘may start in gut’ by ianai on Friday December 02, 2016 @11:46AM (#13090111)

That's my bet too.

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Re:Parkinson’s disease ‘may start in gut’ by olva22 on Friday December 02, 2016 @11:54AM (#13090189)

Now, if we can only get the FDA to allow it!

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Re:Parkinson’s disease ‘may start in gut’ by supercoder on Friday December 02, 2016 @08:31AM (#13088373)

Eat shit and don't die

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Re:Parkinson’s disease ‘may start in gut’ by charlieflowers on Friday December 02, 2016 @10:34AM (#13089388)

I also got the impression that the damage was done over years. Killing the bad bacteria now might not be enough to cure an existing case of Parkinsons.

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Re:Parkinson’s disease ‘may start in gut’ by mabbo on Friday December 02, 2016 @07:27AM (#13088032)

Problem 1- targeting what? I don't think they've actually identified the specific bacteria, have they?

Problem 2- can you actually make an antibiotic specifically target one bacteria only?

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Re:Parkinson’s disease ‘may start in gut’ by XorNot on Friday December 02, 2016 @07:43AM (#13088105)

Yes, in the form of a bacteriophage. They're well known, but limited normally because they are very species specific. But if you needed to kill exactly one type of bacteria, they'd be the tool to reach for.

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Re:Parkinson’s disease ‘may start in gut’ by digi_owl on Friday December 02, 2016 @08:06AM (#13088225)

Best i can tell, the problem is not just that they are picky eaters but that they also keep mutating. thus you can't just mix a batch and shelve it for later usage.

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