The community of microorganisms that lives on and inside you is known
as the human microbiome, and it's all the rage these days.
«The root microbiome is as important to plant health and agricultural productivity,» she concludes, «
as the human microbiome is to human health.»
A hundred trillion bacteria, viruses, and other microbes — collectively known
as the human microbiome — live on and inside our bodies.
A hundred trillion bacteria, viruses, and other microbes, collectively known
as the human microbiome, live on and inside our bodies.
A new study shows that the microbial communities we carry in and on our bodies — known
as the human microbiome — have the potential to uniquely identify individuals, much like a fingerprint.
Not exact matches
Using advances in genomic sequencing, the
human microbiome, proteomics, informatics, computing, and cell therapy technologies, HLI is building the world's most comprehensive database of
human genotypes and phenotypes
as a basis for a variety of commercialization opportunities to help solve aging related disease and
human biological decline.
As it turns out,
human milk feeds both the baby AND the good bacteria in baby's gut
microbiome.
Some studies have also linked the
microbiome to
human mood and behavior
as well
as gut health,
human development, and metabolic disorders.
The potential «eavesdropping» of bacteria on
human hormones during pregnancy and labor led me to wonder how the use of synthetic hormones such
as Pitocin, especially during stalled labor, might influence the
microbiome and overall infant health.
The conference will be held in co-operation with the European Milk Bank Association (EMBA), and will cover topics such
as: Baby - led breastfeeding, benefits of
human milk for pre-term infants, low milk supply, lactation hormones, allergies, the
human milk
microbiome, and
human milk banking topics and many more!
Blaser, director of New York University's
Human Microbiome Program, presents a sensible plan for reclaiming our microbial balance and avoiding calamity both
as a society — he calls for an overhaul of how drugs are prescribed — and on an individual level.
Collectively known
as the
microbiome and located primarily in the large intestine, these cohabitants outnumber their host
human cells at least 10 to 1.
Our cover story, «The Ultimate Social Network,» by Jennifer Ackerman, describes the efforts to map our
human microbiome — no easy feat when certain critters, such
as the gut bacteria that prosper in an oxygen - free environment, are challenging to grow in petri dishes in a laboratory.
With our
human gut - on - a-chip, we can not only culture the normal gut
microbiome for extended times, but we can also analyze contributions of pathogens, immune cells, and vascular and lymphatic endothelium,
as well
as model specific diseases to understand complex pathophysiological responses of the intestinal tract.»
As noted by Dr. Vicki Ellingrod — the Chair of this session, «Current state - of - the - art research in both animal models as well as humans point to the link between the gut microbiota and mood and anxiety models, as well as the potential for psychiatric medications to directly affect the gut microbiome.&raqu
As noted by Dr. Vicki Ellingrod — the Chair of this session, «Current state - of - the - art research in both animal models
as well as humans point to the link between the gut microbiota and mood and anxiety models, as well as the potential for psychiatric medications to directly affect the gut microbiome.&raqu
as well
as humans point to the link between the gut microbiota and mood and anxiety models, as well as the potential for psychiatric medications to directly affect the gut microbiome.&raqu
as humans point to the link between the gut microbiota and mood and anxiety models,
as well as the potential for psychiatric medications to directly affect the gut microbiome.&raqu
as well
as the potential for psychiatric medications to directly affect the gut microbiome.&raqu
as the potential for psychiatric medications to directly affect the gut
microbiome.»
Earlier studies have linked the
human microbiome — that is, the collection of microbes living in and on the
human body — to a variety of health conditions, but little is known about the role of the penile
microbiome as it relates to men's health.
The Duke medical researchers and ecologists who have joined that project hope to identify which species flourish in early stages of the
human microbiome, how they are influenced by the consumption of breast milk, and what role they play in critical diseases affecting infants
as well
as in chronic diseases that occur later in life.
His team hopes to build a predictive model of the
human microbiome as a tool to study how medical conditions can change this massive biological system, to identify settings that promote beneficial
microbiomes, and to design clinical interventions to treat currently hard - to - manage problems.
Just
as in
humans, the plant
microbiome is shaped by the types of bacteria that successfully colonize the plant's ecosystem.
ET: «What this data analysis pipeline, moreover, creates is motivation to look for similar forms of gene loss in other types of symbioses, such
as that between
humans and their gut
microbiomes.
Kahn and his colleagues plan to continue to study the relationship between the
microbiome and CCM formation, particularly
as it relates to
human disease.
Human skin surfaces are complex ecosystems for microorganisms, including fungi, bacteria and viruses, which are known collectively
as the skin
microbiome.
The research focus within the medical community has increasingly centered on the
human intestine and its bacterial population, the so - called
microbiome, especially in neurological disorders such
as multiple sclerosis.
Researchers believe that the
microbiome is essential to
human evolution
as well.
«Given the importance of the
microbiome in
human adaptations such
as digestion, smell and the immune system, it would appear very likely that the
human microbiome has had an effect on speciation,» Bordenstein says.
They found that, just
as the gorilla is more distantly related to
humans than the chimp is, the same is true of their respective
microbiomes.
This finding suggests that in
human babies, factors that shape the
microbiome — natural ones such
as breastfeeding, or therapeutic, such
as antibiotics — may affect the immune cells in the baby's brain and consequently the brain's development.
Warinner will discuss how major events, such
as the invention of agriculture and the advent of industrialization, have affected the
human microbiome.
Michael Blaut, a microbiologist at the German Institute of
Human Nutrition in Potsdam, Germany, says the mouse data are «believable and remarkable,» but says he has a hard time imagining a mechanism that would account for three compounds
as chemically different
as aspartame, saccharin, and sucralose leading to the same changes in the gut
microbiome.
Nowadays it is known that archaea exist in sediments and in Earth's subsurface
as well, but they have only recently been found in the
human gut and linked with the
human microbiome.
While strides have been made in our effort to understand the importance of the complex
human microbiome, the exact functions of the majority of our gut associates remain unknown,
as is their impact on our metabolism and overall physiology.
As Mani Subramanian, Summers's adviser, points out, 90 % of the cells in our body are bacterial, and research into the
human microbiome, our total complement of bacteria, has revealed that we are veritable rainforests when it comes to bacterial diversity.
Modern assaults on the
human microbiome may deprive some infants of coevolved microorganisms that shape their immune systems
as well
as lead to other developmental problems
In recent years, there's been a boom in research on the
human microbiome, the universe of microbes that live on and within our bodies,
as scientists uncover its importance for our health.
The present study was designed
as a way to understand how
human to
human contact influences the skin
microbiome, since contact has long been acknowledged
as a major dispersal vector for skin bacterial communities (Hamburger, 1947; Pittet et al., 2006).
She started Mostly Microbes
as a reputable, scientific voice in the discussion about
human microbiome research to help distinguish research findings from hype.
October 28, 2015 — A consortium of 48 scientists from 50 institutions in the United States has called for an ambitious research effort to understand and harness
microbiomes — the communities of microorganisms that inhabit ecosystems
as varied
as the
human gut and the ocean, to improve
human health, agriculture, bioenergy, and the environment.
Of special note today: gut microbiota species expressing orthologs of
human Ro60 might be involved in triggering and sustaining chronic autoimmunity in lupus; The portal vein blood
microbiome in patients with liver cirrhosis; A randomized clinical study suggests dietary promotion of short chain fatty acid producing gut microbes
as an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes; and the sexual dimorphism of root, flower and leaf
microbiomes in the wild strawberry plant
A clearing protocol adapted for embryos allows deeper imaging, including zeroing in on the heart
as shown here.MINGFU WUThe average
human is made up of more than 30 trillion cells, not counting the hefty
microbiome he or she carries.
The research was conducted
as part of the
Human Microbiome Project, a major initiative funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that largely has focused on cataloging the body's bacterial ecosystems.
In a
microbiome, the bacteria, the archaea (a one - celled organism like bacteria), the viruses, the fungi, and other single - celled organisms come together
as a community of organisms, just like a population of
humans in a city.
A new era in palaeomicrobiology: prospects for ancient dental calculus
as a long - term record of the
human oral
microbiome — Christina Warinner — Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B — December 2014
Dr. Edlund also has experience
as a post-doctoral fellow in natural products discovery, microbial chemical ecology and
human microbiome research.
Dysfunctional
microbiomes are associated with issues including
human chronic diseases such
as obesity, diabetes, and asthma; local ecological disruptions such
as the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico; and reductions in agricultural productivity.
«The
Human Microbiome Project will help us better understand the microbial environment in the gut,
as well
as provide us with the tools and technology to expand our exploration into this field of research.»
Using advances in genomic sequencing, the
human microbiome, proteomics, informatics, computing, and cell therapy technologies, HLI is building the world's most comprehensive database of
human genotypes and phenotypes
as a basis for a variety of commercialization opportunities to help solve aging related disease and
human biological decline.
They are trying to understand what makes a healthy
microbiome, including what microbes are present and what those microbes are doing,
as well
as how
microbiomes change over time, how such communities stay balanced and how changes to
microbiomes impact
human or environmental health.
Human gut
microbiome ** Competitively Selected Donor Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: Butyrate Concentration and Diversity
as Measures of Donor Quality.
While Pollard's research focuses on understanding the
microbiome through bioinformatics and modeling, other projects study
human disorders such
as diabetes and asthma, the impact of the ocean and soil on climate change, and the influence of plants, animals, and water on food production.
We are excited to add this new study to our repertoire of ongoing
human microbiome studies
as it will enhance our knowledge in this important area of research.»