Jim Kling November 18, 2024 348 Efforts to combat hyperuricemia may find help from gut microbes, according to Dylan Dodd, MD, PhD, who spoke at the annual research symposium of the Gout, Hyperuricemia, and Crystal-Associated Disease Network. Dodd is an assistant professor of pathology and microbiology and immunology at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, where he...
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Understanding the world within: Study reveals new insights into phage–bacteria interactions in gut microbiome
by Ana María Rodríguez, Baylor College of Medicine A schematic of factors potentially accounting for high virus (phage) turnover in human guts. Credit: Nature Microbiology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41564-024-01906-4 A world of microbes resides within the gut of every human being. This vast microbial community, the microbiome, which includes bacteria and viruses, has repeatedly demonstrated its ability to actively...
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Gut microbiome dynamics reveal key factors influencing Enterobacteriaceae colonization
By Vijay Kumar MalesuReviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLMJan 14 2025 Large-scale analysis of 12,238 gut metagenomes identifies microbial co-colonizers and co-excluders, offering insights into infection resistance and potential non-antibiotic therapies. Study: Ecological dynamics of Enterobacteriaceae in the human gut microbiome across global populations. Image Credit: SewCreamStudio/Shutterstock.com In a recent study published in Nature Microbiology, a group of researchers revealed global...
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Halloween candy binges can overload your gut microbiome. How to minimize spooking your helpful bacteria
by Christopher Damman, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Each October, as the days shorten and the air grows crisp, millions of Americans prepare for the beloved—and often sugar-fueled—tradition of Halloween. From jack-o’-lanterns glowing on porches to costumes ranging from the whimsical to the gory, Halloween is a time of playful scares, childhood memories and, of course, candy....
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Does the gut microbiome affect spine health?
(A)–(C) Dynamic lateral lumbar plain radiographs and (D), (E) lumbar T1- and T2-weighted MRI noting spondylolisthesis at L4-L5 and L5-S1 in a 65-year-old female. Credit: JOR SPINE (2024). DOI: 10.1002/jsp2.70005 Are back problems influenced by your gut? Researchers at Rush think there may be a connection. In a paper published in JOR Spine, researchers looked at patients with and without...
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Understanding aging through the lense of gut microbiome
The composition of the gut microbiome exhibits genus-level variations across different age groups. The early-age gut microbiome is shaped by the embryonic environment, type of delivery, and exposure to microbes through breast/formula feeding. During weaning, the microbiome undergoes changes from a simple (less diverse) to a complex (more diverse) microbial mixture and attains stability until...
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Gut microbiome found to influence location of immune cells
September 12, 2024 by Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine Images of the colons of conventional (left) and germ free (right) mice showing how bacterial colonization affects the distribution of immune cells along the mouse intestine. CD45 immune cells are show in red, CD3 immune cells are shown in yellow. Immune cells are concentrated close...
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Mice study suggests metabolic diseases may be driven by gut microbiome, loss of ovarian hormones
by Sharita Forrest, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Animal characteristics of conventionally raised C57BL/6J mice that underwent either ovariectomy (OVX) or sham (SHM) surgery and fed either a low-fat (LFD) or a high-fat diet (HFD). Final body weight (a) and energy intake (b) at the end of the 12-week study period as well as body weight...
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Gut microbes may determine patients’ response to a drug that delays onset of type 1 diabetes
by Delthia Ricks , Medical Xpress Teplizumab delays type 1 diabetes (T1D) in at-risk individuals in TN10 trial, but participants respond differently to the treatment. Systemic, non-pathogenic antibody responses to gut bacteria can be quantified by anti-commensal antibody (ACAb) assay. Individuals with higher IgG2 responses to specific gut bacteria are more likely to get early...
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Vegan diet fosters changes in gut microbiome that reduce hot flashes by 95%, finds new study
by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Graphical Abstract. Credit: Complementary Therapies in Medicine (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2023.103002 A low-fat vegan diet that includes soy fosters changes in the gut microbiome that decrease postmenopausal vasomotor symptoms, or hot flashes, overall by 95%, according to a new study by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. A vegan diet...