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Category: <span>Microbiology</span>
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Microbes are at work in our bodies, and researchers have figured out what they’re up to
An algorithm akin to the annoyingly helpful one that attempts to auto-complete text messages and emails is now being harnessed for a better cause. NSF-funded researchers at Drexel University are using its pattern-recognition ability to identify microbial communities in the human body by sifting through volumes of genetic code. Their method could speed the development...
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When your microbiome and your genome aren’t a good combination
Researchers led by a team from Osaka University find a link between the gut microbiome, the host genome, and rheumatoid arthritis in Japanese patients OSAKA UNIVERSITY Osaka, Japan – One of the most astounding discoveries of recent times is just how much influence gut bacteria have on our health and well-being. In addition to extracting...
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Do Serotonin and Antidepressants Affect the Microbiome?
By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D.Reviewed by Dr. Jennifer Logan, MD, MPH The gut microbiota is a collection of about 100 trillion bacteria and other microbes that reside in the intestine of the human body. Studies indicate that the gut microbiota can be significantly affected by antidepressants that target a neurotransmitter called serotonin. Image Credit: Yuliya Apanasenko...
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Gut microbiome fermentation determines of the efficacy of exercise for prediabetics
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress Credit: CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China has found that the makeup of the gut microbiome can be a determiner for the efficacy of exercise with prediabetics. In their paper published in the journal Cell Metabolism, the group describes their study of prediabetic...
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Phage therapy shows promise for treating alcoholic liver disease
KING’S COLLEGE LONDON A team of researchers including those from King’s College London and the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, have for the first time successfully applied bacteriophage (phage) therapy in mice to alcohol-related liver disease. Phages are viruses that specifically destroy bacteria. In a paper published today in Nature, the team...
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Bacteria in the gut may alter aging process, study finds
by Nanyang Technological University An international research team led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found that microorganisms living in the gut may alter the aging process, which could lead to the development of food-based treatment to slow it down. All living organisms, including human beings, coexist with a myriad of microbial species...
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More knowledge on the role of gut bacteria in diet and health
We often say: “You are what you eat”. However, individuals actually react differently to the same diet. One reason is that our gut contains a massive community of microbes—the gut microbiome—that functions differently from person to person. The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded nearly 60 million Danish kroner through its Challenge Programme to a research...
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The amazing influence of gut microbes in our immune system
by Particle Could autoimmune and allergic conditions like Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis or type 1 diabetes one day be treated with microbes in your gut? Inside your gut is a collective of bacteria, fungi and viruses known as the gut microbiota. Amazingly, they start to develop immediately after we’re born. With our mother’s bacteria quickly...
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Transient and long-term disruption of gut microbes after antibiotics
Antibiotic treatment can disrupt the gut microbiome at the strain level, with changes lasting as long as 6 months UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Trillions of microbes in the intestine aid human health, including digestion of breast milk, breaking down fiber and helping control the immune system. However, antibiotic treatment is known...