Microbiome Interventions: Harnessing Gut Ecology for Longevity
The gut microbiome has emerged as a master regulator of aging, with fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) from young donors demonstrating remarkable rejuvenating effects improving hippocampal neurogenesis by 40%, restoring thymic output, and reducing all cause mortality in progeroid mice by 60%. Mechanistic studies reveal that butyrate-producing bacteria like Faecalibacterium prausnitzii upregulate BDNF by 300%, while Bacteroides-derived bile…