The Vagus Nerve at the Interface of the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis

Bruno Bonaz, Thomas Bazin and Sonia Pellissier The Vagus Nerve at the Interface of the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis The microbiota, the gut, and the brain communicate through the microbiota-gut-brain axis in a bidirectional way that involves the autonomic nervous system. The vagus nerve (VN), the principal component of the parasympathetic nervous system, is a mixed nerve […]

SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines: Lights and Shadows

Fabio Angeli et al. … Different vaccine platforms are currently available which include live attenuated vaccines, inactivated vaccines, recombinant protein vaccines, vector vaccines, DNA vaccines and RNA vaccines. Vaccines increase the endogenous synthesis of SARS-CoV-2 Spike proteins from a variety of cells. Once synthetized, the Spike proteins assembled in the cytoplasma migrate to the cell […]

Is Water Fluoridation Effective?

Fluoride Action Network According to most major sources, estimates of fluoridation effectiveness amount to at most a reduction of only one-half cavity per child. Low end estimates find no significant reduction at all. Children aged 6-17 average 2.1 cavities in their permanent teeth. • Cochrane Collaboration2 (2015): 26% (0.5 cavity per child)• CDC3 (2018): 25% […]