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    Lance reacted to trottigy in Musky - our dear friend has passed   
    It is with a heavy heart we must announce the loss of our dear friend Chuck / Musky - one of our longtime moderators. He lost his battle with Parkinson's on Thursday March 21st. We are certain, his assistance with all sorts of computer related questions and his quick witt will be missed by all. We look forward to seeing him in the New World full of life and ready to help any who ask. Our prayers go out to his lovely wife and family who will no doubt miss him even more. This is a good reminder for each of us to try, as he did, and make a good name with all of you and especially with our loving God Jehovah.
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    Lance got a reaction from dove in Why the brain’s microbiome could hold the key to curing Alzheimer’s   
    from NewScientist.com Feb 19, 2024
     
    The surprising discovery that your brain has its own microbiome is raising an intriguing possibility – that some dementias might be reversible

    It SEEMED like a classic case of Alzheimer’s disease. For three years, a man in his 70s had experienced serious cognitive decline: he frequently forgot the names of family members and was no longer able to drive or leave home by himself. Further deterioration seemed inevitable. But then his doctors checked a sample of his cerebrospinal fluid and noticed a fungus called Cryptococcus neoformans. When they put him on a course of antifungal medication, the results were startling. Within two years, he had regained his driving licence and returned to work as a gardener.
    Neuroscientists have long suspected that certain infections can increase the risk of dementia. For instance, both Porphyromonas gingivalis, the bacteria behind gum disease, and the herpes simplex virus, which causes cold sores, have been linked with Alzheimer’s. But cases of “reversible dementia” are starting to inspire enormous interest in the idea that our brains are teeming with microorganisms – and that an imbalance in this “brain microbiome” may predispose people to neurodegenerative disease.
     
    Read more

    We may finally know how cognitive reserve protects against Alzheimer's
     
    Until recently, the brain was thought to be devoid of microbes, not least because of the blood-brain barrier, a specialised membrane that keeps pathogens and toxins in the blood out of the brain. So the idea of a brain microbiome was controversial. However, a new study seems to clinch the case. Richard Lathe at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and his colleagues analysed data from post-mortem brains stored in four brain banks in the UK and US. They found a wide variety of microbes, with different types and amounts in different brain regions. Lathe estimates that this brain microbiome contains some 100,000 species, comprising a subset of around one-fifth the gut microbiome. Roughly 1000 “core” species make up 90 per cent of the population.
    The researchers also found that, in people with Alzheimer’s disease, certain microbes were over-represented. These included species of Cryptococcusand Candida fungi, Streptococcus and Bacillusbacteria, as well as a currently unidentified alga. Although the study hasn’t yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, it chimes with research by Jeffrey Lapides and his colleagues at Drexel University College of Medicine in Pennsylvania. They examined post-mortem brain tissue from 32 individuals and found three distinctive microbial species that were associated with the development of Alzheimer’s.
    Such findings are intriguing, but there are many unanswered questions. Is a healthy microbiome essential for a healthy brain, as is the case in the gut? Do particular microbes cause neural degeneration or are they a consequence of it? And, if they are to blame, how: do certain species cause harm, is it the overall balance of species that tips someone into illness or do our brains suffer from the crossfire between two competing species, as Lapides suspects? “It could be that the chemical results of that fight are toxic,” he says. We don’t even know how microbes get into neural tissue, given the blood-brain barrier.
     
       
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    Lance got a reaction from hatcheckgirl in Why the brain’s microbiome could hold the key to curing Alzheimer’s   
    from NewScientist.com Feb 19, 2024
     
    The surprising discovery that your brain has its own microbiome is raising an intriguing possibility – that some dementias might be reversible

    It SEEMED like a classic case of Alzheimer’s disease. For three years, a man in his 70s had experienced serious cognitive decline: he frequently forgot the names of family members and was no longer able to drive or leave home by himself. Further deterioration seemed inevitable. But then his doctors checked a sample of his cerebrospinal fluid and noticed a fungus called Cryptococcus neoformans. When they put him on a course of antifungal medication, the results were startling. Within two years, he had regained his driving licence and returned to work as a gardener.
    Neuroscientists have long suspected that certain infections can increase the risk of dementia. For instance, both Porphyromonas gingivalis, the bacteria behind gum disease, and the herpes simplex virus, which causes cold sores, have been linked with Alzheimer’s. But cases of “reversible dementia” are starting to inspire enormous interest in the idea that our brains are teeming with microorganisms – and that an imbalance in this “brain microbiome” may predispose people to neurodegenerative disease.
     
    Read more

    We may finally know how cognitive reserve protects against Alzheimer's
     
    Until recently, the brain was thought to be devoid of microbes, not least because of the blood-brain barrier, a specialised membrane that keeps pathogens and toxins in the blood out of the brain. So the idea of a brain microbiome was controversial. However, a new study seems to clinch the case. Richard Lathe at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and his colleagues analysed data from post-mortem brains stored in four brain banks in the UK and US. They found a wide variety of microbes, with different types and amounts in different brain regions. Lathe estimates that this brain microbiome contains some 100,000 species, comprising a subset of around one-fifth the gut microbiome. Roughly 1000 “core” species make up 90 per cent of the population.
    The researchers also found that, in people with Alzheimer’s disease, certain microbes were over-represented. These included species of Cryptococcusand Candida fungi, Streptococcus and Bacillusbacteria, as well as a currently unidentified alga. Although the study hasn’t yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, it chimes with research by Jeffrey Lapides and his colleagues at Drexel University College of Medicine in Pennsylvania. They examined post-mortem brain tissue from 32 individuals and found three distinctive microbial species that were associated with the development of Alzheimer’s.
    Such findings are intriguing, but there are many unanswered questions. Is a healthy microbiome essential for a healthy brain, as is the case in the gut? Do particular microbes cause neural degeneration or are they a consequence of it? And, if they are to blame, how: do certain species cause harm, is it the overall balance of species that tips someone into illness or do our brains suffer from the crossfire between two competing species, as Lapides suspects? “It could be that the chemical results of that fight are toxic,” he says. We don’t even know how microbes get into neural tissue, given the blood-brain barrier.
     
       
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    Lance got a reaction from Mrs.Blessed in Witness memes   
    Sorry I couldn't resist... The forum had gotten pretty hairy .. Lol

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    Lance got a reaction from Andrey in 2023 Governing Body Update #8 / BEARDS!!!   
    Tempest in a teapot .. the only thing that most of us can change is our hair since it is the only thing that consistently grows  or doesn’t. 😳😇
    Most people like a bit of variety in their life, so hair seems to be one of the options that can satisfy our desire for a different “look” ..  
     
    Change for the most part always gives us a different perspective and something to talk about… this topic for example gives us lots of personal hairy perspectives 😎… oh for the days were I could actually perm my hair …😎
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    Lance got a reaction from Andrey in 2023 Governing Body Update #8 / BEARDS!!!   
    I am sure he can handle it ....assuming the photo was not disrespectful. 
    If one has been to a Bethel family day, a lot of poking good natured humour is handed out and received in some of the skits.
    Even Brother Lett wearing a colourful shirt was a nod to past dress and grooming changes. 
    There is humour in the bible especially if we understand the original language.
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    Lance reacted to Anniebea in Peace and Security, Great Tribulation, Armageddon   
    Could we please keep this thread on topic please… we don’t need to talk about Satan and his entourage!!! They get enough air play without us giving them a platform
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    Lance reacted to minister159 in James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)   
    As colossal and awe inspiring the universe is, this statement about Jehovah is almost unfathomable and causes me to realize just how small we are in comparison; literally a spec of dust on a spec of rock in the universe. As David said, "What is mortal man that you keep him in mind, and a son of man that you take care of him?" --- Ps. 8:4.
     
    "Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
    And taken the measurements of the heavens with a span of his hand?
    Who has gathered in a measure the dust of the earth
    Or weighed the mountains in the balances
    And the hills in the scales?" --- Isaiah 40:12

    "Solomon, the constructor of the temple at Jerusalem, stated that the “heavens, yes, the heaven of the heavens” cannot contain God. (1Ki 8:27) As the Creator of the heavens, Jehovah’s position is far above them all, and “his name alone is unreachably high. His dignity is above earth and heaven.” (Ps 148:13) Jehovah measures the physical heavens as easily as a man would measure an object by spreading his fingers so that the object lies between the tips of the thumb and the little finger." --- it-1 p. 1060
     
     
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    Lance got a reaction from Android89 in Why the brain’s microbiome could hold the key to curing Alzheimer’s   
    from NewScientist.com Feb 19, 2024
     
    The surprising discovery that your brain has its own microbiome is raising an intriguing possibility – that some dementias might be reversible

    It SEEMED like a classic case of Alzheimer’s disease. For three years, a man in his 70s had experienced serious cognitive decline: he frequently forgot the names of family members and was no longer able to drive or leave home by himself. Further deterioration seemed inevitable. But then his doctors checked a sample of his cerebrospinal fluid and noticed a fungus called Cryptococcus neoformans. When they put him on a course of antifungal medication, the results were startling. Within two years, he had regained his driving licence and returned to work as a gardener.
    Neuroscientists have long suspected that certain infections can increase the risk of dementia. For instance, both Porphyromonas gingivalis, the bacteria behind gum disease, and the herpes simplex virus, which causes cold sores, have been linked with Alzheimer’s. But cases of “reversible dementia” are starting to inspire enormous interest in the idea that our brains are teeming with microorganisms – and that an imbalance in this “brain microbiome” may predispose people to neurodegenerative disease.
     
    Read more

    We may finally know how cognitive reserve protects against Alzheimer's
     
    Until recently, the brain was thought to be devoid of microbes, not least because of the blood-brain barrier, a specialised membrane that keeps pathogens and toxins in the blood out of the brain. So the idea of a brain microbiome was controversial. However, a new study seems to clinch the case. Richard Lathe at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and his colleagues analysed data from post-mortem brains stored in four brain banks in the UK and US. They found a wide variety of microbes, with different types and amounts in different brain regions. Lathe estimates that this brain microbiome contains some 100,000 species, comprising a subset of around one-fifth the gut microbiome. Roughly 1000 “core” species make up 90 per cent of the population.
    The researchers also found that, in people with Alzheimer’s disease, certain microbes were over-represented. These included species of Cryptococcusand Candida fungi, Streptococcus and Bacillusbacteria, as well as a currently unidentified alga. Although the study hasn’t yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, it chimes with research by Jeffrey Lapides and his colleagues at Drexel University College of Medicine in Pennsylvania. They examined post-mortem brain tissue from 32 individuals and found three distinctive microbial species that were associated with the development of Alzheimer’s.
    Such findings are intriguing, but there are many unanswered questions. Is a healthy microbiome essential for a healthy brain, as is the case in the gut? Do particular microbes cause neural degeneration or are they a consequence of it? And, if they are to blame, how: do certain species cause harm, is it the overall balance of species that tips someone into illness or do our brains suffer from the crossfire between two competing species, as Lapides suspects? “It could be that the chemical results of that fight are toxic,” he says. We don’t even know how microbes get into neural tissue, given the blood-brain barrier.
     
       
  10. Wow!
    Lance got a reaction from rocket in Why the brain’s microbiome could hold the key to curing Alzheimer’s   
    from NewScientist.com Feb 19, 2024
     
    The surprising discovery that your brain has its own microbiome is raising an intriguing possibility – that some dementias might be reversible

    It SEEMED like a classic case of Alzheimer’s disease. For three years, a man in his 70s had experienced serious cognitive decline: he frequently forgot the names of family members and was no longer able to drive or leave home by himself. Further deterioration seemed inevitable. But then his doctors checked a sample of his cerebrospinal fluid and noticed a fungus called Cryptococcus neoformans. When they put him on a course of antifungal medication, the results were startling. Within two years, he had regained his driving licence and returned to work as a gardener.
    Neuroscientists have long suspected that certain infections can increase the risk of dementia. For instance, both Porphyromonas gingivalis, the bacteria behind gum disease, and the herpes simplex virus, which causes cold sores, have been linked with Alzheimer’s. But cases of “reversible dementia” are starting to inspire enormous interest in the idea that our brains are teeming with microorganisms – and that an imbalance in this “brain microbiome” may predispose people to neurodegenerative disease.
     
    Read more

    We may finally know how cognitive reserve protects against Alzheimer's
     
    Until recently, the brain was thought to be devoid of microbes, not least because of the blood-brain barrier, a specialised membrane that keeps pathogens and toxins in the blood out of the brain. So the idea of a brain microbiome was controversial. However, a new study seems to clinch the case. Richard Lathe at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and his colleagues analysed data from post-mortem brains stored in four brain banks in the UK and US. They found a wide variety of microbes, with different types and amounts in different brain regions. Lathe estimates that this brain microbiome contains some 100,000 species, comprising a subset of around one-fifth the gut microbiome. Roughly 1000 “core” species make up 90 per cent of the population.
    The researchers also found that, in people with Alzheimer’s disease, certain microbes were over-represented. These included species of Cryptococcusand Candida fungi, Streptococcus and Bacillusbacteria, as well as a currently unidentified alga. Although the study hasn’t yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, it chimes with research by Jeffrey Lapides and his colleagues at Drexel University College of Medicine in Pennsylvania. They examined post-mortem brain tissue from 32 individuals and found three distinctive microbial species that were associated with the development of Alzheimer’s.
    Such findings are intriguing, but there are many unanswered questions. Is a healthy microbiome essential for a healthy brain, as is the case in the gut? Do particular microbes cause neural degeneration or are they a consequence of it? And, if they are to blame, how: do certain species cause harm, is it the overall balance of species that tips someone into illness or do our brains suffer from the crossfire between two competing species, as Lapides suspects? “It could be that the chemical results of that fight are toxic,” he says. We don’t even know how microbes get into neural tissue, given the blood-brain barrier.
     
       
  11. Wow!
    Lance got a reaction from daydream in Why the brain’s microbiome could hold the key to curing Alzheimer’s   
    from NewScientist.com Feb 19, 2024
     
    The surprising discovery that your brain has its own microbiome is raising an intriguing possibility – that some dementias might be reversible

    It SEEMED like a classic case of Alzheimer’s disease. For three years, a man in his 70s had experienced serious cognitive decline: he frequently forgot the names of family members and was no longer able to drive or leave home by himself. Further deterioration seemed inevitable. But then his doctors checked a sample of his cerebrospinal fluid and noticed a fungus called Cryptococcus neoformans. When they put him on a course of antifungal medication, the results were startling. Within two years, he had regained his driving licence and returned to work as a gardener.
    Neuroscientists have long suspected that certain infections can increase the risk of dementia. For instance, both Porphyromonas gingivalis, the bacteria behind gum disease, and the herpes simplex virus, which causes cold sores, have been linked with Alzheimer’s. But cases of “reversible dementia” are starting to inspire enormous interest in the idea that our brains are teeming with microorganisms – and that an imbalance in this “brain microbiome” may predispose people to neurodegenerative disease.
     
    Read more

    We may finally know how cognitive reserve protects against Alzheimer's
     
    Until recently, the brain was thought to be devoid of microbes, not least because of the blood-brain barrier, a specialised membrane that keeps pathogens and toxins in the blood out of the brain. So the idea of a brain microbiome was controversial. However, a new study seems to clinch the case. Richard Lathe at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and his colleagues analysed data from post-mortem brains stored in four brain banks in the UK and US. They found a wide variety of microbes, with different types and amounts in different brain regions. Lathe estimates that this brain microbiome contains some 100,000 species, comprising a subset of around one-fifth the gut microbiome. Roughly 1000 “core” species make up 90 per cent of the population.
    The researchers also found that, in people with Alzheimer’s disease, certain microbes were over-represented. These included species of Cryptococcusand Candida fungi, Streptococcus and Bacillusbacteria, as well as a currently unidentified alga. Although the study hasn’t yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, it chimes with research by Jeffrey Lapides and his colleagues at Drexel University College of Medicine in Pennsylvania. They examined post-mortem brain tissue from 32 individuals and found three distinctive microbial species that were associated with the development of Alzheimer’s.
    Such findings are intriguing, but there are many unanswered questions. Is a healthy microbiome essential for a healthy brain, as is the case in the gut? Do particular microbes cause neural degeneration or are they a consequence of it? And, if they are to blame, how: do certain species cause harm, is it the overall balance of species that tips someone into illness or do our brains suffer from the crossfire between two competing species, as Lapides suspects? “It could be that the chemical results of that fight are toxic,” he says. We don’t even know how microbes get into neural tissue, given the blood-brain barrier.
     
       
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    Lance got a reaction from Amygdala in Why the brain’s microbiome could hold the key to curing Alzheimer’s   
    from NewScientist.com Feb 19, 2024
     
    The surprising discovery that your brain has its own microbiome is raising an intriguing possibility – that some dementias might be reversible

    It SEEMED like a classic case of Alzheimer’s disease. For three years, a man in his 70s had experienced serious cognitive decline: he frequently forgot the names of family members and was no longer able to drive or leave home by himself. Further deterioration seemed inevitable. But then his doctors checked a sample of his cerebrospinal fluid and noticed a fungus called Cryptococcus neoformans. When they put him on a course of antifungal medication, the results were startling. Within two years, he had regained his driving licence and returned to work as a gardener.
    Neuroscientists have long suspected that certain infections can increase the risk of dementia. For instance, both Porphyromonas gingivalis, the bacteria behind gum disease, and the herpes simplex virus, which causes cold sores, have been linked with Alzheimer’s. But cases of “reversible dementia” are starting to inspire enormous interest in the idea that our brains are teeming with microorganisms – and that an imbalance in this “brain microbiome” may predispose people to neurodegenerative disease.
     
    Read more

    We may finally know how cognitive reserve protects against Alzheimer's
     
    Until recently, the brain was thought to be devoid of microbes, not least because of the blood-brain barrier, a specialised membrane that keeps pathogens and toxins in the blood out of the brain. So the idea of a brain microbiome was controversial. However, a new study seems to clinch the case. Richard Lathe at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and his colleagues analysed data from post-mortem brains stored in four brain banks in the UK and US. They found a wide variety of microbes, with different types and amounts in different brain regions. Lathe estimates that this brain microbiome contains some 100,000 species, comprising a subset of around one-fifth the gut microbiome. Roughly 1000 “core” species make up 90 per cent of the population.
    The researchers also found that, in people with Alzheimer’s disease, certain microbes were over-represented. These included species of Cryptococcusand Candida fungi, Streptococcus and Bacillusbacteria, as well as a currently unidentified alga. Although the study hasn’t yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, it chimes with research by Jeffrey Lapides and his colleagues at Drexel University College of Medicine in Pennsylvania. They examined post-mortem brain tissue from 32 individuals and found three distinctive microbial species that were associated with the development of Alzheimer’s.
    Such findings are intriguing, but there are many unanswered questions. Is a healthy microbiome essential for a healthy brain, as is the case in the gut? Do particular microbes cause neural degeneration or are they a consequence of it? And, if they are to blame, how: do certain species cause harm, is it the overall balance of species that tips someone into illness or do our brains suffer from the crossfire between two competing species, as Lapides suspects? “It could be that the chemical results of that fight are toxic,” he says. We don’t even know how microbes get into neural tissue, given the blood-brain barrier.
     
       
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    Lance got a reaction from JW-Ind in Why the brain’s microbiome could hold the key to curing Alzheimer’s   
    from NewScientist.com Feb 19, 2024
     
    The surprising discovery that your brain has its own microbiome is raising an intriguing possibility – that some dementias might be reversible

    It SEEMED like a classic case of Alzheimer’s disease. For three years, a man in his 70s had experienced serious cognitive decline: he frequently forgot the names of family members and was no longer able to drive or leave home by himself. Further deterioration seemed inevitable. But then his doctors checked a sample of his cerebrospinal fluid and noticed a fungus called Cryptococcus neoformans. When they put him on a course of antifungal medication, the results were startling. Within two years, he had regained his driving licence and returned to work as a gardener.
    Neuroscientists have long suspected that certain infections can increase the risk of dementia. For instance, both Porphyromonas gingivalis, the bacteria behind gum disease, and the herpes simplex virus, which causes cold sores, have been linked with Alzheimer’s. But cases of “reversible dementia” are starting to inspire enormous interest in the idea that our brains are teeming with microorganisms – and that an imbalance in this “brain microbiome” may predispose people to neurodegenerative disease.
     
    Read more

    We may finally know how cognitive reserve protects against Alzheimer's
     
    Until recently, the brain was thought to be devoid of microbes, not least because of the blood-brain barrier, a specialised membrane that keeps pathogens and toxins in the blood out of the brain. So the idea of a brain microbiome was controversial. However, a new study seems to clinch the case. Richard Lathe at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and his colleagues analysed data from post-mortem brains stored in four brain banks in the UK and US. They found a wide variety of microbes, with different types and amounts in different brain regions. Lathe estimates that this brain microbiome contains some 100,000 species, comprising a subset of around one-fifth the gut microbiome. Roughly 1000 “core” species make up 90 per cent of the population.
    The researchers also found that, in people with Alzheimer’s disease, certain microbes were over-represented. These included species of Cryptococcusand Candida fungi, Streptococcus and Bacillusbacteria, as well as a currently unidentified alga. Although the study hasn’t yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, it chimes with research by Jeffrey Lapides and his colleagues at Drexel University College of Medicine in Pennsylvania. They examined post-mortem brain tissue from 32 individuals and found three distinctive microbial species that were associated with the development of Alzheimer’s.
    Such findings are intriguing, but there are many unanswered questions. Is a healthy microbiome essential for a healthy brain, as is the case in the gut? Do particular microbes cause neural degeneration or are they a consequence of it? And, if they are to blame, how: do certain species cause harm, is it the overall balance of species that tips someone into illness or do our brains suffer from the crossfire between two competing species, as Lapides suspects? “It could be that the chemical results of that fight are toxic,” he says. We don’t even know how microbes get into neural tissue, given the blood-brain barrier.
     
       
  14. Wow!
    Lance got a reaction from bagwell1987 in Why the brain’s microbiome could hold the key to curing Alzheimer’s   
    from NewScientist.com Feb 19, 2024
     
    The surprising discovery that your brain has its own microbiome is raising an intriguing possibility – that some dementias might be reversible

    It SEEMED like a classic case of Alzheimer’s disease. For three years, a man in his 70s had experienced serious cognitive decline: he frequently forgot the names of family members and was no longer able to drive or leave home by himself. Further deterioration seemed inevitable. But then his doctors checked a sample of his cerebrospinal fluid and noticed a fungus called Cryptococcus neoformans. When they put him on a course of antifungal medication, the results were startling. Within two years, he had regained his driving licence and returned to work as a gardener.
    Neuroscientists have long suspected that certain infections can increase the risk of dementia. For instance, both Porphyromonas gingivalis, the bacteria behind gum disease, and the herpes simplex virus, which causes cold sores, have been linked with Alzheimer’s. But cases of “reversible dementia” are starting to inspire enormous interest in the idea that our brains are teeming with microorganisms – and that an imbalance in this “brain microbiome” may predispose people to neurodegenerative disease.
     
    Read more

    We may finally know how cognitive reserve protects against Alzheimer's
     
    Until recently, the brain was thought to be devoid of microbes, not least because of the blood-brain barrier, a specialised membrane that keeps pathogens and toxins in the blood out of the brain. So the idea of a brain microbiome was controversial. However, a new study seems to clinch the case. Richard Lathe at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and his colleagues analysed data from post-mortem brains stored in four brain banks in the UK and US. They found a wide variety of microbes, with different types and amounts in different brain regions. Lathe estimates that this brain microbiome contains some 100,000 species, comprising a subset of around one-fifth the gut microbiome. Roughly 1000 “core” species make up 90 per cent of the population.
    The researchers also found that, in people with Alzheimer’s disease, certain microbes were over-represented. These included species of Cryptococcusand Candida fungi, Streptococcus and Bacillusbacteria, as well as a currently unidentified alga. Although the study hasn’t yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, it chimes with research by Jeffrey Lapides and his colleagues at Drexel University College of Medicine in Pennsylvania. They examined post-mortem brain tissue from 32 individuals and found three distinctive microbial species that were associated with the development of Alzheimer’s.
    Such findings are intriguing, but there are many unanswered questions. Is a healthy microbiome essential for a healthy brain, as is the case in the gut? Do particular microbes cause neural degeneration or are they a consequence of it? And, if they are to blame, how: do certain species cause harm, is it the overall balance of species that tips someone into illness or do our brains suffer from the crossfire between two competing species, as Lapides suspects? “It could be that the chemical results of that fight are toxic,” he says. We don’t even know how microbes get into neural tissue, given the blood-brain barrier.
     
       
  15. Wow!
    Lance got a reaction from Dages in Why the brain’s microbiome could hold the key to curing Alzheimer’s   
    from NewScientist.com Feb 19, 2024
     
    The surprising discovery that your brain has its own microbiome is raising an intriguing possibility – that some dementias might be reversible

    It SEEMED like a classic case of Alzheimer’s disease. For three years, a man in his 70s had experienced serious cognitive decline: he frequently forgot the names of family members and was no longer able to drive or leave home by himself. Further deterioration seemed inevitable. But then his doctors checked a sample of his cerebrospinal fluid and noticed a fungus called Cryptococcus neoformans. When they put him on a course of antifungal medication, the results were startling. Within two years, he had regained his driving licence and returned to work as a gardener.
    Neuroscientists have long suspected that certain infections can increase the risk of dementia. For instance, both Porphyromonas gingivalis, the bacteria behind gum disease, and the herpes simplex virus, which causes cold sores, have been linked with Alzheimer’s. But cases of “reversible dementia” are starting to inspire enormous interest in the idea that our brains are teeming with microorganisms – and that an imbalance in this “brain microbiome” may predispose people to neurodegenerative disease.
     
    Read more

    We may finally know how cognitive reserve protects against Alzheimer's
     
    Until recently, the brain was thought to be devoid of microbes, not least because of the blood-brain barrier, a specialised membrane that keeps pathogens and toxins in the blood out of the brain. So the idea of a brain microbiome was controversial. However, a new study seems to clinch the case. Richard Lathe at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and his colleagues analysed data from post-mortem brains stored in four brain banks in the UK and US. They found a wide variety of microbes, with different types and amounts in different brain regions. Lathe estimates that this brain microbiome contains some 100,000 species, comprising a subset of around one-fifth the gut microbiome. Roughly 1000 “core” species make up 90 per cent of the population.
    The researchers also found that, in people with Alzheimer’s disease, certain microbes were over-represented. These included species of Cryptococcusand Candida fungi, Streptococcus and Bacillusbacteria, as well as a currently unidentified alga. Although the study hasn’t yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, it chimes with research by Jeffrey Lapides and his colleagues at Drexel University College of Medicine in Pennsylvania. They examined post-mortem brain tissue from 32 individuals and found three distinctive microbial species that were associated with the development of Alzheimer’s.
    Such findings are intriguing, but there are many unanswered questions. Is a healthy microbiome essential for a healthy brain, as is the case in the gut? Do particular microbes cause neural degeneration or are they a consequence of it? And, if they are to blame, how: do certain species cause harm, is it the overall balance of species that tips someone into illness or do our brains suffer from the crossfire between two competing species, as Lapides suspects? “It could be that the chemical results of that fight are toxic,” he says. We don’t even know how microbes get into neural tissue, given the blood-brain barrier.
     
       
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    Lance got a reaction from Desert Dan in 2023 Governing Body Update #8 / BEARDS!!!   
    Tempest in a teapot .. the only thing that most of us can change is our hair since it is the only thing that consistently grows  or doesn’t. 😳😇
    Most people like a bit of variety in their life, so hair seems to be one of the options that can satisfy our desire for a different “look” ..  
     
    Change for the most part always gives us a different perspective and something to talk about… this topic for example gives us lots of personal hairy perspectives 😎… oh for the days were I could actually perm my hair …😎
  17. Haha
    Lance got a reaction from Good-O in 2023 Governing Body Update #8 / BEARDS!!!   
    Tempest in a teapot .. the only thing that most of us can change is our hair since it is the only thing that consistently grows  or doesn’t. 😳😇
    Most people like a bit of variety in their life, so hair seems to be one of the options that can satisfy our desire for a different “look” ..  
     
    Change for the most part always gives us a different perspective and something to talk about… this topic for example gives us lots of personal hairy perspectives 😎… oh for the days were I could actually perm my hair …😎
  18. Like
    Lance got a reaction from JonE in 2023 Governing Body Update #8 / BEARDS!!!   
    Tempest in a teapot .. the only thing that most of us can change is our hair since it is the only thing that consistently grows  or doesn’t. 😳😇
    Most people like a bit of variety in their life, so hair seems to be one of the options that can satisfy our desire for a different “look” ..  
     
    Change for the most part always gives us a different perspective and something to talk about… this topic for example gives us lots of personal hairy perspectives 😎… oh for the days were I could actually perm my hair …😎
  19. Like
    Lance got a reaction from Hope in 2023 Governing Body Update #8 / BEARDS!!!   
    Tempest in a teapot .. the only thing that most of us can change is our hair since it is the only thing that consistently grows  or doesn’t. 😳😇
    Most people like a bit of variety in their life, so hair seems to be one of the options that can satisfy our desire for a different “look” ..  
     
    Change for the most part always gives us a different perspective and something to talk about… this topic for example gives us lots of personal hairy perspectives 😎… oh for the days were I could actually perm my hair …😎
  20. Like
    Lance got a reaction from LeolaRootStew in 2023 Governing Body Update #8 / BEARDS!!!   
    Tempest in a teapot .. the only thing that most of us can change is our hair since it is the only thing that consistently grows  or doesn’t. 😳😇
    Most people like a bit of variety in their life, so hair seems to be one of the options that can satisfy our desire for a different “look” ..  
     
    Change for the most part always gives us a different perspective and something to talk about… this topic for example gives us lots of personal hairy perspectives 😎… oh for the days were I could actually perm my hair …😎
  21. Haha
    Lance got a reaction from Pabo in 2023 Governing Body Update #8 / BEARDS!!!   
    Tempest in a teapot .. the only thing that most of us can change is our hair since it is the only thing that consistently grows  or doesn’t. 😳😇
    Most people like a bit of variety in their life, so hair seems to be one of the options that can satisfy our desire for a different “look” ..  
     
    Change for the most part always gives us a different perspective and something to talk about… this topic for example gives us lots of personal hairy perspectives 😎… oh for the days were I could actually perm my hair …😎
  22. Like
    Lance got a reaction from Old in 2023 Governing Body Update #8 / BEARDS!!!   
    Tempest in a teapot .. the only thing that most of us can change is our hair since it is the only thing that consistently grows  or doesn’t. 😳😇
    Most people like a bit of variety in their life, so hair seems to be one of the options that can satisfy our desire for a different “look” ..  
     
    Change for the most part always gives us a different perspective and something to talk about… this topic for example gives us lots of personal hairy perspectives 😎… oh for the days were I could actually perm my hair …😎
  23. Like
    Lance got a reaction from ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone in 2023 Governing Body Update #8 / BEARDS!!!   
    Tempest in a teapot .. the only thing that most of us can change is our hair since it is the only thing that consistently grows  or doesn’t. 😳😇
    Most people like a bit of variety in their life, so hair seems to be one of the options that can satisfy our desire for a different “look” ..  
     
    Change for the most part always gives us a different perspective and something to talk about… this topic for example gives us lots of personal hairy perspectives 😎… oh for the days were I could actually perm my hair …😎
  24. Haha
    Lance got a reaction from truce in 2023 Governing Body Update #8 / BEARDS!!!   
    Tempest in a teapot .. the only thing that most of us can change is our hair since it is the only thing that consistently grows  or doesn’t. 😳😇
    Most people like a bit of variety in their life, so hair seems to be one of the options that can satisfy our desire for a different “look” ..  
     
    Change for the most part always gives us a different perspective and something to talk about… this topic for example gives us lots of personal hairy perspectives 😎… oh for the days were I could actually perm my hair …😎
  25. Thanks
    Lance got a reaction from Skyler in 2023 Governing Body Update #8 / BEARDS!!!   
    I am sure he can handle it ....assuming the photo was not disrespectful. 
    If one has been to a Bethel family day, a lot of poking good natured humour is handed out and received in some of the skits.
    Even Brother Lett wearing a colourful shirt was a nod to past dress and grooming changes. 
    There is humour in the bible especially if we understand the original language.

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