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TIL that when scientists transferred the gut microbiome of a schizophrenic human into mice, the mice started exhibiting schizophrenic-like behaviours. (www.nature.com)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/katxwoods on 2025-02-09 16:36:33+00:00.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

so not only could you target people you dont like to become schizophrenic by making them literaly eating shit, they also could try to narrow it down and eventually find a microbe or product of a microbe that causes schizophrenia. thats pretty cool.