Matthew Olm
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“I would say fungi are definitely a critical part of being a healthy human,”
Matthew Olm · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-20
Matthew Olm notes the beneficial role fungi may have in maintaining human health.
“there's no reason to think that fungi aren't doing this as well”
Matthew Olm · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-20
Matthew Olm suggests that gut fungi may be capable of signalling the brain in the same way gut bacteria do.
“[the microbes] seemingly live there without huge consequences for these fish over their lifetime.”
Matthew Olm · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-20
Matthew Olm comments on how microbes lived in fish brains without causing obvious lifetime consequences.
“After a week, you see these microbes making their way into the fish brain, lighting the fish brain up green,”
Matthew Olm · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-20
Matthew Olm describes research showing fluorescently labeled bacteria entering the brains of fish.
“I think we've now reached that threshold where there's enough smoke around this hypothesis… it's worth spending money on figuring out if that is happening,”
Matthew Olm · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-20
Matthew Olm argues that the hypothesis of microbes entering aging brains warrants further funding and research.