Sentences with phrase «bacteria affect human»

There's still so much to explore about how bacteria affect human health, and probiotics come at the forefront of it all.

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Resistant starch is gaining momentum in the nutrition community due to emerging evidence in animal studies and some limited evidence in human studies suggesting that RS may positively affect body composition, favorably impact blood lipid and blood glucose levels and increase the amount of good bacteria in the colon, and may enhance satiety when consumed with whey protein.

The investigators plan to further study how these genetic differences may affect the bacterium's ability to evade the human immune system.

Matthews says that exposure to soil bacteria may affect human brains too.

But in the past decade, researchers have come to appreciate that the bacteria living in and on our bodies — collectively called the human microbiome — play a role in how our bodies work, affecting everything from allergies to obesity.

In recent years, the study of human biology has been shaken up by discoveries of how the bacteria that live in the gut, the so - called microbiome, affect metabolism, the immune system, and disease progression.

The results suggest that bacteria affect genes that control life span, and that overuse of antibiotics could harm well - being and longevity in animals and perhaps even in humans.

They fear that this will lead farmers to use more antibiotics, which could stay in the milk and eventually reduce the effectiveness of antibiotics against bacteria that affect humans.

You can see that the search for new antibiotics occurs down at the enzyme level, hunting for differences between the enzymes in human and bacterial cells that can be exploited to kill bacteria without affecting human cells.

These will minimise the harm done to the human microbiome by today's antibiotics, resulting in a more efficient cure and a lower risk of antibiotic resistance, because fewer bacteria are affected.

Research carried out in two distinct communities in Colombia illustrates how coevolution between humans and bacteria can affect a person's risk of disease.

As humans, we have more bacterial cells than human cells and these bacteria drastically affect our lives on a daily basis.

Usnic acid appears to inhibit the proliferation of bacteria by disrupting its metabolic function, although it does not adversely affect that of human cells.

Given the extent to which bacteria are now understood to influence human physiology, it is hardly surprising that scientists have turned their attention to how bacteria might affect the brain.»

Salmonella is a bacteria that has been known to contaminate human food and cause food poisoning, and it also can affect puppies.

There are billions, even trillions, of different strains of bacteria, fungi, and viruses on the planet and there generally isn't a lot of overlap between the pathogens that affect animals and the ones that affect humans.

Fleas carry plenty of bacteria, some of which can transmit parasites and diseases that affect humans.

FELINE BORDETELLOSIS This infection caused by the Bordetella bronchiseptica bacteria can affect both dogs, cats, rabbits and, in rare cases, humans.

Knowledge about the once little - understood bacteria called Bartonella henselae is increasing, and it can affect both human and animal wellness.

Stormwater runoff that overloads urban sewer systems during extreme events adds to increased levels of toxic substances, sewage, and bacteria in the Great Lakes, affecting water quality, beach health, and human well - being.