Key Immune Cells Maintain Healthy Gut Bacteria to Protect Against Colon Cancer
An immune cell subset called innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) protects against colorectal cancer, in part by helping to maintain a healthy dialogue between the immune…
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Fecal Transplant Discovery Could Improve Care for Life-Threatening Infections
Findings suggest way to help patients heal from dangerous C. difficile. New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine sheds light on why…
New Research Finds Potential Mechanism Linking Autism and Intestinal Inflammation
Infection during pregnancy with elevated levels of the cytokine IL-17a may yield microbiome alterations that prime offspring for aberrant immune responses, mouse study suggests. Though…
“Community Genetic Editing” – Using CRISPR To Modify Genes in Multiple Cell Types Simultaneously
Two new methods allow CRISPR editing of genes in multiple cell types simultaneously. To date, CRISPR enzymes have been used to edit the genomes of…
MIT Advances Toward “Living Biotherapeutics” To Treat Gastrointestinal Diseases
Chemical engineers created a coating for microbes that could make it easier to deploy the organisms to treat gastrointestinal diseases. The human gut is home…
Physical Exercise Increases the Body’s Own “Cannabis” Which Reduces Chronic Inflammation
Exercise increases the body’s own cannabis-like substances, which in turn helps reduce inflammation and could potentially help treat certain conditions such as arthritis, cancer, and…
How Diet and Lifestyle Modifications May Lower Risk of Lethal Prostate Cancer
Cleveland Clinic study links gut microbiome and aggressive prostate cancer. Cleveland Clinic researchers have shown for the first time that diet-associated molecules in the gut…
Tackling the Collateral Damage to Our Health From Antibiotics
EMBL scientists pave the way for reducing the harmful side effects antibiotics have on gut bacteria. Antibiotics help us to treat bacterial infections and save…
Why Do Some People Develop Severe COVID Symptoms From Novel Coronavirus?
Nasal microbiota holds clues to who will develop COVID symptoms from novel coronavirus. The microbiota in the nose and upper throat likely contains biomarkers for…
Can You Lose Weight? Success or Failure May Depend on Your Gut Microbiome
The strongest associations with weight loss success or failure, independent of BMI, are found in the genetic capacity of the gut microbiome, new research from…
Raining Microbes? New Research Finds Rain-Borne Bacteria Colonize Plants
When it rains, plants are not only showered with water, but also microbes. These rain-borne microbes have the opportunity to become part of a plant’s…
Flavonoid-Rich Foods – Such As Apples, Berries, Dark Chocolate and Wine – Improve Blood Pressure Levels
Flavonoids found in plants and plant foods such as berries, apples, tea, wine and dark chocolate are known to offer health benefits, including some protective…
A Diet Lacking in Tryptophan Alters Gut Microbiota, Increases Inflammation
With age, a diet lacking in the essential amino acid tryptophan — which has a key role in our mood, energy level, and immune response…
Fasting May Help Ward Off Infections – Protects Against Foodborne Illness Such As Salmonella
Fasting before and during exposure to Salmonella enterica bacteria protects mice from developing a full-blown infection, in part due to changes in the animals’ gut…
Microbes Turn Back the Clock: New Research Discovers Their Potential To Reverse Aging in the Brain
Research from APC Microbiome Ireland (APC) at University College Cork (UCC) published on August 9, 2021, in the leading international scientific journal Nature Aging introduces…
MIT Researchers Devised a Way To Program Memories Into Bacterial Cells by Rewriting Their DNA
Technique for editing bacterial genomes can record interactions between cells, may offer a way to edit genes in the human microbiome. Biological engineers at MIT…
Scientists Surprised: Fighting Off Food Poisoning Depends on the Time of Day
Levels of natural antimicrobial molecule fluctuate on a circadian rhythm prompted by resident gut bacteria, study shows. The body’s ability to prevent food poisoning by…
Ancient Herbal Medicine From Asia May Offer Relief to Veterans With Gulf War Illness
Andrographolide, a popular herbal medicine in Southeast Asia, might restore gut microbiomes and viromes that have been altered by chronic multi-symptom illnesses like Gulf War…