by Greta Lorge, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory A scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli, which are one of many strains of bacteria found in mammalian guts. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health The prevalence of anxiety disorders, already the most common mental illness in many countries, including the U.S., has...
by Kiel University High-throughput sequencing can be used to obtain the genetic information of a living organism within a few hours. Credit: SoulPicture|Kiel, IKMB Uni Kiel For several years, scientists worldwide have been investigating the extent to which microorganisms living in and on the human body influence central life processes and thus health and disease. Today...
by University of Bristol Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Human genes have an impact on shaping our gut ecosystem according to new evidence from the international MIBioGen consortium study involving more than 18,000 people. The findings, led by the University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands and involving researchers at the University of Bristol, are published in Nature Genetics. The last decade...
By Nick Lavars, November 15, 2020 A new study has highlighted the role gut bacteria may play in Alzheimer’s disease, while inflammation may also have a part to play Research into the relationship between the brain and the bacteria in our bellies is uncovering links to an increasing number of neurological conditions, with Alzheimer’s among them....
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA IMAGE: DAVID GOZAL, MD, THE MARIE M. AND HARRY L. SMITH ENDOWED CHAIR OF CHILD HEALTH AT THE MU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a chronic sleep condition affecting more than one billion people worldwide. Evidence suggests OSA can alter the gut microbiome (GM) and may promote OSA-associated co-morbidities,...
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...
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...
by Washington University School of Medicine As people go through their daily and nightly routines, their digestive tracts follow a routine, too: digesting food and absorbing nutrients during waking hours, and replenishing worn-out cells during sleep. Shift work and jet lag can knock sleep schedules and digestive rhythms out of whack. Such disruptions have been linked...
By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD The millions of bacteria residing in the gut play a very important role in health and in disease. However, a constant issue has been the lack of understanding of the actual composition of the healthy human gut microbiome. Now, a group of scientists have come up with a new method for...
The gut microbiome is a complex, interconnected ecosystem of species. And, like any ecosystem, some organisms are predators and some are prey. A new study led by investigators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Wyss Institute investigates the impact of bacteriophage, viruses that infect and kill bacteria. They find that phage can have a profound impact on the dynamics of the gut microbiome, not...
