All Gut Microbiome articles – Page 13
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Cocktail of bile salt hydrolases can stop C diff in its tracks
Researchers have found that bile salt hydrolases (BSHs) can restrict Clostridioides difficile (C. diff.) colonization by both altering existing bile acids and by creating a new class of bile acids within the gut’s microbial environment.
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Eating more live microbes leads to better health and lower weight
A new study shows lower weight and better overall health in those who consume more live microorganisms daily - including those in raw fruit and vegetables.
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Gut microbes spur immune cells to mend damaged muscles
Researchers have found that gut microbes spur the production of a class of regulatory T cells that play a role in repairing injured muscles and mending damaged livers.
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Boosting gut microbiota helps healing after colorectal cancer surgery
Researchers have shown for the first time in mice that modifying intestinal flora before surgery could reduce postoperative complications in colorectal cancer patients.
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Gut bacteria are crucial to the body’s ability to repair liver
Researchers have discovered that the success of the body’s ability to regenerate missing parts of the liver depends to a large extent on gut bacteria.
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Three intestinal bacteria linked to dementia with Lewy bodies
Researchers have identified three bacteria linked to dementia with Lewy bodies: Collinsella, Ruminococcus, and Bifidobacterium, suggesting new avenues for diagnosis and treatment.
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Probiotic spray boosts piglets’ gut microbiota - and growth performance
Early-life intervention by spraying compound probiotics can reshape the microbiota composition of the delivery room environment and significantly improve the growth performance and immune function of piglets, a new study shows.
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Microbiota from mum regulates lung immunity in newborns
Researchers have discovered that a type of white blood cells, the γδ T cells, influences the transfer of maternal microbiota during birth and nursing, and impacts the lung immune response in newborns.
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Study finds link between fungal microbes in infant gut and body weight
Researchers have found a link between the diversity of fungal species in the infant gut and the body-mass index (BMI) of infants.
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ME linked to changes in the gut microbiome and metabolites
Two studies have found that myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is associated with reduced levels in the gastrointestinal microbiome of microbes known to produce the fatty acid butyrate, disruptions that could explain in part how the immune system becomes disrupted in people with ME/CFS.
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The Stewart Lab
The Stewart Lab at Newcastle University are working to harness the infant gut microbiome to predict disease and personalise preventative therapy.
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Youth binge drinkers show alterations in the gut microbiome, new study finds
A study of young people found that alterations in the gut microbiome, microorganisms that live in the human digestive system and affect health, are linked with binge drinking in young people.
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Novel strain of Shigella in gut of bottom-dwelling fish beats off competition with help of T2SS
A novel strain of Shigella isolated from the gut of a bottom-dwelling fish exposed to high loads of heavy metals and antibiotics has been found to have the first Type 2 secretion system fully documented in the bacterium.
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Study reveals the gut microbiome’s role in controlling the body’s thermostat
The average basal temperature of the human body has decreased since the 1860s for unknown reasons, but a new study points to the gut microbiome as a potential regulator of body temperature, both in health and during life-threatening infections.
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Salmonella exposure poses a risk for colon cancer
Researchers who studied human colon cancer tissue samples and animal models have found that exposure to salmonella was linked with colon cancers that developed earlier and grew larger.
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Silent flagellin delivers insights into how gut bacteria evade the immune system
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen have identified a new type of flagellin in the human gut, termed ‘silent flagellin’, that binds to the immune receptor Toll-like receptor 5 without inducing a pro-inflammatory response. Their work addresses the long-standing question of how benign gut microbes evade the ...
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New tool unveils communication between gut microbes and the brain
A new laboratory protocol gives researchers a road map to understand the complex traffic system between the gut and the brain and its effects both in health and disease.
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Two new bacterial species identified from patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Investigators at University Medical Center Utrecht and Yale University have isolated and characterized two new bacterial species from patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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Gut bacteria can impact immune cells that damage brain tissue
A new study suggests that the gut microbiome plays a key role in the health of our brains, according to researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The study, in mice, found that gut bacteria — partly by producing compounds such as short chain fatty acids — ...
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Differences in gut microbiome linked to risk of death in COVID-19 patients with respiratory failure
A new study finds differences in gut bacteria and metabolites among COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU, offering possibilities for preventing the worst outcomes.