Gut bacteria may hold key to treating autoimmune disease

(Rockefeller University Press) Defects in the body's regulatory T cells cause inflammation and autoimmune disease by altering the type of bacteria living in the gut, researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have discovered. The study, which will be published online Dec. 19 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, suggests that replacing the missing gut bacteria, or restoring a key metabolite called inosine, could help treat children with a rare and often fatal au...