«New appreciation for
human microbiome leads to greater understanding of human health.»
Not exact matches
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!
This opens the door to connecting
human microbiome samples between databases, which has the potential to expose sensitive subject information — for example, a sexually - transmitted infection, detectable from the
microbiome sample itself,» said
lead author Eric Franzosa, research fellow in the Department of Biostatistics at Harvard Chan.
«Cultural revolution in the study of the gut
microbiome:
Human gut - on - a-chip technology used to co-culture gut microbiome, human intestinal cells could lead to new therapies for inflammatory bowel diseases.&r
Human gut - on - a-chip technology used to co-culture gut
microbiome,
human intestinal cells could lead to new therapies for inflammatory bowel diseases.&r
human intestinal cells could
lead to new therapies for inflammatory bowel diseases.»
To investigate, researchers from the Channing Division of Network Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital,
led by Amir Bashan, PhD, and Yang - Yu Liu, PhD, analyzed data from large metagenomic datasets (e.g. the
Human Microbiome Project and Student
Microbiome Project) to look at the dynamics of the gut, mouth and skin
microbiomes of healthy subjects.
Pigs and
humans have similar colonic stem cell populations and
microbiomes, according to Jairam K.P. Vanamala, who
led a research effort to better understand those similarities.
Although common in
humans, domestic pets, and zoo animals, periodontal disease does not typically develop in wild animals,
leading to speculation that it is an oral
microbiome disease resulting from modern
human lifestyles.
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.
Lead author Ana Maria Crissien, M.D., and her colleagues from Scripps Clinic and Green Hospital, believe that factors influencing the
human microbiome at birth and early childhood can influence the
microbiome years later.
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
Also following on the
lead of those efforts, the
Human Microbiome Project will monitor and support research on the ethical, legal and social implications of the research.
At PNNL, she
leads research into the
microbiome, a term for the collective communities of microbes that reside in many environmental niches, including the
human gut and soil.
Nelson and her team
led the first
human microbiome study on the
human gut which was published in the journal Science in 2006.
Growing interest in the
microbiome, the community of microorganisms and viruses that inhabit the
human body, has
led researchers to investigate the role of the
human microbiome in the initiation and progression of tumors.
Also presented are possible alternative approaches to tackling infections, such as phages (viruses that kill bacteria) sourcing new antibiotic
leads from oceans, soils and host - associated
microbiomes in
humans, komodo dragons and leafcutter ants.
The dog
microbiome «has some of the same species [of bacteria] as the
human's,» said
lead author Luis Pedro Coelhos, «but different strains.»