Probiotic found to be effective treatment for colitis in mice

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Sun, 10/25/2009 - 22:00

(American Physiological Society) The probiotic, Bacillus polyfermenticus, can help mice recover from colitis. Mice treated with B.P. during the non-inflammatory period of the disease had reduced rectal bleeding, their tissues were less inflamed and they gained more weight than mice that did not receive the treatment.


 

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