How COVID-19 impacts gut health with Ken Cadwell, PhD & Jonas Schluter, PhD

Jonas Schluter, PhD, assistant professor at the Institute for Systems Genetics and Department for Microbiology, along side Ken Cadwell, PhD, the Recanati Family Professor of Microbiology at NYU Langone Health in New York, share findings from their study on the impacts of COVID infection on gut health. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.
00:00 AMA Update for Nov. 21, 2022
01:07 What are gut microbiota?
02:14 What do gut microbiomes do?
02:55 What causes gut dysbiosis? How do antibiotics affect the stomach?
04:08 Why study coronavirus and gut health?
05:34 SARS-CoV-2 and gut microbiomes
05:59 Study findings show that viral infection alone causes gut microbiome dysbiosis in mice
07:12 How does this relate to human patients with COVID-19?
08:22 Why are these findings significant?
09:18 Plan to examine why certain microbial species are more likely to escape the gut during COVID-19 infection
10:35 What can people do to help heal their guts after a COVID infection?
12:12 What does the future of microbiome research look like?
13:18 Why is studying gut health important?
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[@bettyboop3206]

Thank you for the discussion. Interesting and helpful info.👍

[@johnmcmullan9741]

We've had a gut microbiome for millions of years, since long before humans evolved. Our environment, our lifestyles, etc., affect it, positively and, especially in recent decades, negatively due to exposure to artificial compounds, including antibiotics and toxic pollutants we ingest from our environment, air, water, industrialised food chain, etc. Like all multicellular organisms, we are ecosystems. And, yes, the pollution we allow defending economic ideology is killing us.