Called the Unified Microbiome Initiative Consortium (UMIC), the group of 48 researchers want nothing less than a qualitative shift in
how microbiome research is done.
Not exact matches
It may indeed be the case that the evidence is not convincing, and considering
how new
microbiome research is, I would be surprised if any of the
research could be considered «convincing» other than to simply say that the
microbiome seems to be a really important factor in health and disease.
If you are really interested in understanding
how the
microbiome works and
how to create a healthy one, pursuing this
research would ideally help people figure out
how to foster a healthy gut, regardless of the manner in which they were born.
«His suite of field
research in the field of biogeochemistry and
how microbiomes in unique places on Earth can thrive in harsh aquatic conditions is impressive, and brings a new perspective that will help advance our
research.»
Although the vast majority of
research on the gut
microbiome has focused on bacteria in the large intestine, a new study — one of a few to concentrate on microbes in the upper gastrointestinal tract — shows
how the typical calorie - dense western diet can induce expansion of microbes that promote the digestion and absorption of high - fat foods.
Through projects at Duke Health, DCRI and the Duke Center for Childhood Obesity
Research, Armstrong and other Duke scientists are assessing the most effective strategies to reduce obesity in children, including programs that offer at - risk children access to free medical care, partnerships with municipal recreation programs across North Carolina, and even studying children's gut bacteria to determine
how the gut
microbiome is related to weight.
Microbiome research, Gilbert says, needs to map the «highways and byways» of
how microbes travel, because pathogens could travel the same routes as healthy bacteria.
A new study describes
research helping tease out the mechanics of
how the gut
microbiome communicates with the cells of its host to switch genes on and off.
Writing online in the journal Molecular Cell, a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin - Madison describes new
research helping tease out the mechanics of
how the gut
microbiome communicates with the cells of its host to switch genes on and off.
Warinner and colleague, Cecil M. Lewis, Jr., co-direct OU's Laboratories of Molecular Anthropology and
Microbiome Research and the research focused on reconstructing the ancestral human oral and gut microbiome, addressing questions concerning how the relationship between humans and microbes has changed through time and how our microbiomes influence health and disease in diverse populations, both today and in
Microbiome Research and the research focused on reconstructing the ancestral human oral and gut microbiome, addressing questions concerning how the relationship between humans and microbes has changed through time and how our microbiomes influence health and disease in diverse populations, both today and in t
Research and the
research focused on reconstructing the ancestral human oral and gut microbiome, addressing questions concerning how the relationship between humans and microbes has changed through time and how our microbiomes influence health and disease in diverse populations, both today and in t
research focused on reconstructing the ancestral human oral and gut
microbiome, addressing questions concerning how the relationship between humans and microbes has changed through time and how our microbiomes influence health and disease in diverse populations, both today and in
microbiome, addressing questions concerning
how the relationship between humans and microbes has changed through time and
how our
microbiomes influence health and disease in diverse populations, both today and in the past.
Writing online Nov. 23 in the journal Molecular Cell, a team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin — Madison describes new
research helping tease out the mechanics of
how the gut
microbiome communicates with the cells of its host to switch genes on and off.
With Helmsley funding, CCFA's
research consortium is now looking to identify potential therapies for development by pharmaceutical companies while also conducting a rigorous investigation of the effect of diet on the
microbiome and
how that might allow patients to alter the course of their illness without taking medications.
«Our goal is to discover what microbial communities exist in different parts of the human body and to explore
how these communities change in the presence of health or disease,» said National Human Genome
Research Institute Director, Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., co-chair of the Human
Microbiome Project Implementation Group.
The future of
microbiome research will be understanding the full suite of functions that microbes perform,
how they influence each other and their environment, and
how this power can be harnessed to improve human health and the environment.
Professor Segal's
research has two major directions 1) Gene regulation — using quantitative and computational models to understand
how DNA sequence variation among human individuals generates phenotypic diversity 2)
Microbiome and Nutrition — understanding
how the microbial composition of individuals affect their physiology and health.
The UMI will provide oversight and guidance about
how federal agencies, private foundations and commercial entities should direct funding for
microbiome research.
Jansson is also leading an investigation funded by the Office of Naval
Research on
how the gut
microbiome influences the brain.
AÂ Emory News item on a helpful part of the
microbiome focuses on
how the same type of bacteria â $ «lactobacilli â $ «activates the same ancient signaling pathway in intestinal cells in both insects and mammals. It continues a line of
research from Rheinallt Jones and Andrew Neish on
how beneficial bacteria stimulate wound healing by activating ROS (reactive oxygen species).
Stemming from this initial
research, my lab is now investigating
how changes in the
microbiome contribute to the development of IBD in an animal model of the syndrome.
Three researchers at the forefront of
research on the
microbiome - brain connection recently spoke with The Kavli Foundation about
how microbes communicate with the brain and whether we can modify the gut
microbiome to treat disorders of the brain and mind.
For example, your gut system affects the health of your brain, and there's also exciting
research that's examining the gut - skin axis and
how the health of your
microbiome will determine the health of your skin.
Lately, I've been fascinated by the emerging
research on our gut bacteria and
microbiome and
how it can literally control all aspects of our lives.
So now that
research is pointing to the great importance of our skin
microbiome,
how do we maintain its natural balance?
actually
research is ongoing to learn
how our guts restore
microbiome and the degree to which such returns to pre-antibiotic state. -RCB-
Over the years through my own
research I've realized
how much the oral
microbiome directly impacts the gut biome, not to mention overall health.
The team are currently working to build on their initial observations, with new
research understanding
how an individual's levels of the stress hormone cortisol are affected by their gut
microbiome, as Aura explains: «Social contact, stress physiology and gut
microbiome are all intensely related.
In fact, exactly
how the gut
microbiome «interacts with foods to produce health conditions» is considered a new and dynamic area for further
research by individuals on all sides of the red meat - colon cancer debate.10 For example, researchers at Harvard Medical School are studying fecal samples to assess the impact of red meat intake on gut microbes and their byproducts, which the researchers speculate may influence «biological pathways associated with colorectal cancer and other digestive diseases.»
As you mention the
microbiome yourself, I am wondering if you have
researched probiotics, soil based organisms or probiotic lysates for allergies, as they seem to be one of the keys to eliminate them, either that their introduction replaces the bad guys in our guts or because it educates are gut cells
how to properly behave to food allergens or also by eliminating / digesting them.
Functional medicine, however, is able to take advantage of new
research in real time such as discoveries around
how the
microbiome — aka the bacteria in our bodies — impact our health, because it's based on a paradigm of the body as an interconnected matrix, not a disconnected set of organ systems.
New
research shows
how vital these gut bacteria, called the
microbiome, are to all facets of our health.
Interesting
research is being done on
how our gut
microbiome contributes to our cravings.
The findings, they say, gave then a baseline for
how a healthy dog
microbiome should behave, and suggested dogs may be better subjects for
research into human weight loss than other species that have been used for that purpose.