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Out-of-balance bacteria is linked to multiple sclerosis − the ratio can predict severity of disease

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Multiple sclerosis affects nearly one million people in the U.S. and over 2.8 million worldwide.

Scientists have long suspected that gut bacteria may influence a person’s risk of developing multiple sclerosis.

The ratio of two bacteria in the gut can predict multiple sclerosis severity in patients.

Ashutosh Mangalam: These findings offer a promising new direction for understanding and treating multiple sclerosis.

Mangalam received funding from the NIH / NIAID , VA and the University of Iowa .

He holds a patent licensed to Evelo Biosciences by Mayo Clinic on a technology using Prevotella histicola to treat autoimmune diseases.

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