by Chris Dawson, Cornell University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research from Cornell scientists is exploring how human genetics impacts functions of the gut microbiome, and is expanding awareness of the role human genetics plays in shaping the microbiome. The trillions of individual organisms constituting a person’s gut microbiome greatly impact metabolic function, disease and...
by Hubrecht Institute Human intestinal organoids used in this study to model the impact of BMP signaling on differentiation. Credit: Joep Beumer, Jens Puschhof and Fjodor Yousef Yengej, Copyright Hubrecht Institute. Intestinal cells can change specializations during their lives. The BMP signaling pathway—an important communication mechanism between cells—appears to be the driver of these changes....
