This is by far the most reckless article/study summary by med xpress I’ve read to date.
Amen! As a retired biophysicist/cardiovascular physiologist, I find my curmudgeon degree is supplanting the academic MSs and PhD.
Stupid ‘effing title. Medical Press might better have said “Gut reaction: Inadequate levels of manganese can aggravate inflammatory bowel disease” Otherwise, one might have assumed that a diet was exceeding a toxic concentration threshold, etc.
The Nature article was only a little more direct. The authors might have explicitly said in the discussion section what they alluded to in their Figure 9:
“Fig. 9 | Mn deficiency upregulates Acer1 expression and treatment with ACER1 inhibitor D-e-MAPP confers protection against colitis in Mn-deficient mice.”
As long as I’m on a rant - I think today I’d show about 1/3 of PhD and post-doc students to the door. Preparation and performance being inadequate.
Thanks. I didn't think I was in left field.