Annual Conference of the Society of Neurology

The 76th Annual Meeting of the Spanish Society of Neurology (RASEN) is taking place these days at the Palau de Congressos in Valencia. Edna Ripollés, a predoctoral researcher in the group, presented an oral communication entitled "Potential biomarkers in the intestinal microbiota of patients with Wilson's disease". This study included in her thesis has revealed bacterial taxa whose growth is altered compared to controls. Specifically, a probiotic shows a growth influenced by the availability of copper, which is especially interesting in patients with Wilson's disease who have defective ATP7B, a copper transporter.