Professor Morris said a greater understanding of the role of energy rich foods and dieting on microbial changes is important, given the current obesity epidemic and the prevalence of yo - yo dieting in Western countries. (sciencedaily.com)
The biggest mystery in the microbiome field is whether microbial changes are a cause or an effect of problems with the immune system, Dongari - Bagtzoglou says. (sciencemag.org)
Further, future studies will take advantage of the induced non-human primate animal model of endometriosis allowing for the measurement of microbial changes throughout disease progression. (reproductive-immunology.imedpub.com)