![]() ![]() But they can also harm the helpful microbes residing in our gut, weakening one of our body’s first lines of defence against pathogens and compromising the multiple beneficial effects our microbiota has for our health. ![]() ![]() Credit: Isabel Romero Calvo/EMBLĪntibiotics help us to treat bacterial infections and save millions of lives each year. It also suggests a new approach to mitigating the adverse effects of antibiotics therapy on the gut microbiome through the combination of antibiotics with a second drug. Their study substantially improves our understanding of antibiotics’ effects. Tackling the collateral damage from antibioticsĮMBL scientists pave the way for reducing the harmful side effects antibiotics have on gut bacteriaĮMBL researchers and colleagues have analysed the effects of 144 antibiotics on our most common gut microbes. ![]()
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