by Bob Shepard, University of Alabama at Birmingham The study, utilizing the relatively new field of metagenomics, demonstrated an imbalance in the gut microbiome of patients with Parkinson’s disease. Credit: University of Alabama at Birmingham New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham says the gut microbiome is involved in multiple pathways in the...
By Dr. Chinta Sidharthan Nov 17 2022 Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent review published in the journal Pharmacological Research, researchers in Brazil investigated the role of gut microbiota in cognition, brain function, behavior, and neurodegenerative disease pathogenesis. Study: Relevance of gutmicrobiota in cognition, behaviour and Alzheimer’s disease. Image Credit: nobeastsofierce / Shutterstock Background A growing body...
MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY IMAGE: PROBIOTICS LESSEN SOME ANTIBIOTIC-INDUCED CHANGES TO THE HUMAN GUT MICROBIOME. CREDIT: FERNÁNDEZ-ALONSO ET AL., JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2022 Millions of antibiotics are prescribed every year. Although they can be incredibly effective at treating infections, antibiotics usually do not solely target the bacteria that is causing infection. They also kill the harmless...
By Hidaya Aliouche, B.Sc. Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Antibiotic treatment alters the composition and magnitude of got microbiota species. Overall, antibiotics reduce species’ diversity and include the loss of key functional taxa, resulting in shifts in metabolism, increasing the susceptibility of the gut to colonization, and the stimulation of bacterial antibiotic resistance. The therapeutic...
By Hidaya Aliouche, B.Sc. Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Antibiotic treatment alters the composition and magnitude of got microbiota species. Overall, antibiotics reduce species’ diversity and include the loss of key functional taxa, resulting in shifts in metabolism, increasing the susceptibility of the gut to colonization, and the stimulation of bacterial antibiotic resistance. The therapeutic...
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ABSTRACTS: 2006, 2511 CHICAGO ― Two studies led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center that shed new light on the potential of the gut microbiome as a targetable biomarker to improve responses to immunotherapy were presented today at the 2022 American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting. The findings include...
by University of Illinois at Chicago Figure 1. SOD1G93A mice have slow intestinal mobility, decreased rotarod test time and grip strength during ALS progression. (a) SOD1G93A mice significantly increased gut transit time starting at 2-month-old compared to WT mice. In age-matched WT and SOD1G93A mice, intestinal mobility was tested using Evans blue marker (5% Evans blue, 5% gum...
A new study points to the gut virome as the culprit in intestinal bowel disease. NIH/NAID/IMAGE.FR/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The human microbiome contains a community of microorganisms that include viruses. This is called the human virome, a community of both beneficial and pathogenic viruses. The virome begins at birth and may be an equally...
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 University of Illinois at Chicago Figure 1. SOD1G93A mice have slow intestinal mobility, decreased rotarod test time and grip strength during ALS progression. (a) SOD1G93A mice significantly increased gut transit time starting at 2-month-old compared to WT mice. In age-matched WT and SOD1G93A mice, intestinal mobility was tested using Evans blue marker (5% Evans blue, 5% gum...
