© The Brink — Are We “Brain Washed” during Sleep? By KERRY BENSON

© ARS Technica — Single course of antibiotics can mess up the gut microbiome for a year by BETH MOLE

© Spinger Link — Improved oral hygiene is associated with decreased risk of new-onset diabetes: a nationwide population-based cohort study by Yoonkyung Chang, Ji Sung Lee, Ki-Jung Lee, Ho Geol Woo & Tae-Jin Song. — Published 02 March 2020

Phase-based amplified brain

What happens to your brain as you sleep? A new video holds the answer:
Cerebrospinal fluid is a clear fluid that surrounds and cushions the brain and spinal cord. It circulates in the meninges, or the casing, that surrounds the brain. Research has suggested that one of the jobs of cerebrospinal fluid is to cleanse the brain of toxic proteins during sleep. The new video might show the CSF doing just that.

Are We “Brain Washed” during Sleep?
New BU study reveals the first-ever images of cerebrospinal fluid washing in and out of the brain during sleep
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A single course of antibiotics can mess up the gut microbiome for a year

Mouth microbes, on the other hand, don’t seem to care.

mBio, 2015. DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01693-15  (About DOIs).

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Improved oral hygiene is associated with decreased risk of new-onset diabetes: a nationwide population-based cohort study

Chang, Y., Lee, J.S., Lee, K. et al. Improved oral hygiene is associated with decreased risk of new-onset diabetes: a nationwide population-based cohort study. Diabetologia 63, 924–933 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-020-05112-9

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