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Alcohol opens 'gut floodgates' for bad bacteria to invade the liver

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Abstract

Scientists have now discovered how alcohol can switch off an immune alarm system" in the gut, allowing bad bacteria to escape their natural habitat to flood into the liver, rapidly causing inflammation to the organ."
Key Data

  • Publication Date
    31 August 2025
  • Primary Author
    Bronwyn Thompson
  • Source
    New Atlas
  • Language
    English
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