Recent advances
in microbiome science have revealed just how important microorganisms are to our health.
Not exact matches
While we can't use sterile mice to make any definitive conclusions about humans, the twins study, published
in the journal
Science last year, provided clear evidence that the
microbiome is involved
in weight gain — something earlier research had only suggested.
It draws on our extensive interviews with key scientists working at the front - line of
microbiome and epigenetic research with the aim of presenting complex
science in a way that is easy - to - understand and accessible to all.
Emerging research shows that bacteria are absolutely vital for human health, and
science has linked an imbalance
in the human
microbiome with multiple chronic non-transmissible diseases.
«The discovery of the
microbiome and its significance represents a huge paradigm shift
in our understanding of human health — there are more microbes living on us and
in us than our own cells,» said Ingber, who is also the Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at Harvard Medical School and the Vascular Biology Program at Boston Children's Hospital, and Professor of Bioengineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied
Science.
The January 11, 2014, issue of
Science News focused on the
microbiome, the diverse collection of microbes that reside
in and on humans and other organisms.
«Early life exposure to lead causes a long lasting impact on gut
microbiome, and the change of gut
microbiome may partially contribute to the increased body weight
in adult life,» said lead author Chuanwu Xi, associate professor of environmental health
science.
«The intestinal bacteria, or «gut
microbiome,» you develop at a very young age, can have a big impact on your health for the rest of your life,» said the study's lead author Dan Knights, a University of Minnesota assistant professor
in the Department of Computer
Science and Engineering and the Biotechnology Institute.
«The more we know about the microbial communities
in a given environment, the more likely it is we can reshape them to improve environmental and human health,» said senior author Rob Knight, PhD, professor of pediatrics and computer
science and engineering, and director of the Center for
Microbiome Innovation at UC San Diego.
«Based on our research, we identified more than a dozen microbes with known links to health that are heritable,» says Ley, also director of the Department of
Microbiome Science at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology
in Tübingen, Germany.
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In the future, such efforts could allow us to much better understand human - microbiome interactions, model malnutrition disorders and inflammatory diseases of the gut, and perform personalized drug testing,» said co-first author Alessio Tovaglieri, a Graduate Student at the Department of Health Science and Technology at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, who performs his thesis work on Ingber's tea
In the future, such efforts could allow us to much better understand human -
microbiome interactions, model malnutrition disorders and inflammatory diseases of the gut, and perform personalized drug testing,» said co-first author Alessio Tovaglieri, a Graduate Student at the Department of Health
Science and Technology at ETH Zurich
in Switzerland, who performs his thesis work on Ingber's tea
in Switzerland, who performs his thesis work on Ingber's team.
«We are about six months away from having the data to completely describe the bacterial
microbiome of grapevine tumors,» said Michael Savka, professor of biological
sciences in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life
Sciences at RIT, and organizer and contributor of the international study.
Scientists at the
Science Foundation Ireland - funded APC
Microbiome Institute at University College Cork, Ireland, have shown that, at least
in mice, gut bacteria play a key role
in regulating abdominal pain and its associated changes
in the brain and spinal cord.
Anthony Fiumera, associate professor of biological
sciences, and Gretchen Mahler, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, are collaborating on a research project funded by a Binghamton University Transdisciplinary Areas of Excellence (TAE) grant to discover the role ingested nanoparticles play
in the physiology and function of the gut and gut
microbiome.
Eran Elinav, an immunologist and
microbiome specialist at the Weizmann Institute of
Science in Rehovot, Israel, wondered whether the microbes» own circadian rhythms were a missing piece of the puzzle.
Reid says unfounded claims do a disservice to the rigorous
science in this field, he says, especially since
microbiome research isn't just a fad.
Advances
in molecular genetics have propelled progress
in fields that deal with inherited diseases, cancer, personalized medicine, genetic counseling, the
microbiome, diagnosis and discovery of viruses, taxonomy of species, genealogy, forensic
science, epigenetics, junk DNA, gene therapy and gene editing.
Evaluating the
microbiome of two sampling locations
in the nasal cavity of cattle with bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC)-- Tara G McDaneld — Journal of Animal
Science
Washington, D.C. — May 13, 2016 —
In support of a National Microbiome Initiative launched by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and to accelerate discovery in the field of microbiome research, The Kavli Foundation has committed $ 1 million to a Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microbial scal
In support of a National
Microbiome Initiative launched by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and to accelerate discovery in the field of microbiome research, The Kavli Foundation has committed $ 1 million to a Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microb
Microbiome Initiative launched by the White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy and to accelerate discovery
in the field of microbiome research, The Kavli Foundation has committed $ 1 million to a Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microbial scal
in the field of
microbiome research, The Kavli Foundation has committed $ 1 million to a Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microb
microbiome research, The Kavli Foundation has committed $ 1 million to a Kavli
Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microb
Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microbial scale.
Other investigators on this study were Caitlin E. Millett, graduate student, psychiatry and neural and behavioral
sciences; Dahlia Mukherjee, postdoctoral fellow, and Aubrey Reider, research assistant,
in the Department of Psychiatry, and Shannon L. Kelleher, an associate professor of cellular and molecular physiology, pharmacology, and surgery; Adem Can, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Maureen Groer, University of South Florida, School of Nursing, and Innsbruck Medical University, Austria; Dietmar Fuchs, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria; and Teodor T. Postolache, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), and The Military and Veteran
Microbiome Consortium for Research and Education, MVM — Core.
In a 2017 study published in Science, the MD Anderson research team, led by Dr. Jennifer Wargo, described a microbiome signature associated with response to checkpoint inhibitor therap
In a 2017 study published
in Science, the MD Anderson research team, led by Dr. Jennifer Wargo, described a microbiome signature associated with response to checkpoint inhibitor therap
in Science, the MD Anderson research team, led by Dr. Jennifer Wargo, described a
microbiome signature associated with response to checkpoint inhibitor therapy.
His lab and lab members have and continue to work on some of the most important
microbiome studies around the world — their research appears regularly
in leading scientific journals such as
Science, Nature, PNAS, PLOS and so forth.
Today, the White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy (OSTP),
in collaboration with Federal agencies and private - sector stakeholders, is announcing a new National
Microbiome Initiative (NMI) to foster the integrated study of
microbiomes across different ecosystems, and is hosting an event to bring together stakeholders vital to advancing the NMI.
American Society for Microbiology Launches the Kavli
Microbiome Ideas Challenge
In Partnership with Two Leading Scientific Societies Washington, D.C. — May 13, 2016 -
In support of a National
Microbiome Initiative launched by the White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy...
In May, the White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy announced the National
Microbiome Initiative, a collaboration between several federal agencies, universities, and private foundations.
The company
in the works, fitBiomics, taps a swiftly expanding field of
science analyzing the human
microbiome.
In support of a National Microbiome Initiative launched by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and to accelerate discovery in the field of microbiome research, The Kavli Foundation committed $ 1 million to a Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microbial scal
In support of a National
Microbiome Initiative launched by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and to accelerate discovery in the field of microbiome research, The Kavli Foundation committed $ 1 million to a Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microb
Microbiome Initiative launched by the White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy and to accelerate discovery
in the field of microbiome research, The Kavli Foundation committed $ 1 million to a Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microbial scal
in the field of
microbiome research, The Kavli Foundation committed $ 1 million to a Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microb
microbiome research, The Kavli Foundation committed $ 1 million to a Kavli
Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microb
Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microbial scale.
The paper calling for a Unified
Microbiome Initiative can be found
in the October 30 issue of
Science (http://www.sciencemag.org/) or through a portal available at: http://www.asm.org/index.php/asm-newsroom2/press-releases/93830-american-society-for-microbiology-members-propose-initiative-to-harness-earth-s-microbiomes
In the roundtable, they discussed the importance of the
microbiome, the necessity for collaboration across different fields of
science, and where they hope the
science is leading.
Nelson and her team led the first human
microbiome study on the human gut which was published
in the journal
Science in 2006.
April 19, 2018 - WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — For the seventh year
in a row, Dannon ®, as a part of Danone North America, has demonstrated their commitment to
science and education through the Dannon ® Gut
Microbiome, Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship Grant Program.
In addition, our basic science and translational research efforts — particularly in the areas of the gut microbiome, immunology, and microbiology — are contributing to the scientific advancement in the development, prevention, and treatment of IBD, and to the promise of more effective treatment strategies for future patient
In addition, our basic
science and translational research efforts — particularly
in the areas of the gut microbiome, immunology, and microbiology — are contributing to the scientific advancement in the development, prevention, and treatment of IBD, and to the promise of more effective treatment strategies for future patient
in the areas of the gut
microbiome, immunology, and microbiology — are contributing to the scientific advancement
in the development, prevention, and treatment of IBD, and to the promise of more effective treatment strategies for future patient
in the development, prevention, and treatment of IBD, and to the promise of more effective treatment strategies for future patients.
Development of HipMCL was primarily supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of
Science via the Exascale Solutions for
Microbiome Analysis (ExaBiome) project, which is developing exascale algorithms and software to address current limitations
in metagenomics research.
Water and extremophile
microbiome Antimicrobial properties and the influence of temperature on secondary metabolite production
in cold environment soil fungi — Yogabaanu Ulaganathan — Polar
Science
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Several recent
science studies have claimed that the gut
microbiome — the diverse array of bacteria that live
in the stomach and intestines — may be to blame for obesity.
«The discovery of the
microbiome and its significance represents a huge paradigm shift
in our understanding of human health» there are more microbes living on us and
in us than our own cells,» said Ingber, who is also the Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at Harvard Medical School and the Vascular Biology Program at Boston Children's Hospital, and Professor of Bioengineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied
Science.
In support of a National Microbiome Initiative launched by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and to accelerate discovery in the field of microbiome research, The Kavli Foundation has committed $ 1 million to a Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microbial scal
In support of a National
Microbiome Initiative launched by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and to accelerate discovery in the field of microbiome research, The Kavli Foundation has committed $ 1 million to a Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microb
Microbiome Initiative launched by the White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy and to accelerate discovery
in the field of microbiome research, The Kavli Foundation has committed $ 1 million to a Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microbial scal
in the field of
microbiome research, The Kavli Foundation has committed $ 1 million to a Kavli Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microb
microbiome research, The Kavli Foundation has committed $ 1 million to a Kavli
Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microb
Microbiome Ideas Challenge supporting development of next generation scientific tools for investigating life on a microbial scale.
Members of the Unified
Microbiome Initiative Consortium describe the Unified
Microbiome Initiative (UMI),
in the October 28 online edition of
Science,
in «A unified initiative to harness Earth's
microbiomes.»
Together with Dan Knights, PhD, Assistant Professor of Computer
Science and Biotechnology at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Blekhman and colleagues developed a method to predict the types of mutations present
in a tumor based on its
microbiome.
Science is finally starting to recognize the importance of your gut
microbiome and the role it plays
in your overall health.
As mentioned
in the Top 5 Ways Kombucha is Earth Friendly post,
science is just now beginning to explore and understand the incredible importance of the human
microbiome and discovering how bacteria function within our internal ecosystem.
The fact that I just got my
microbiome profiled using DNA - sequencing technology is proof that we've made a lot of progress
in this area of
science, but there is still SO much more to learn.
In fact, the skin has its own
microbiome,
science is discovering.
Researchers are very interested
in this as the
science now makes clear, the
microbiome is uniquely different and these factors, when pooled successfully, explain the N = 1.
Dr. Jamie Koonce explains what the
science says about healing your gut
microbiome in order to reverse chronic disease.
A healthy
microbiome means there is a great deal of diversity
in the organisms and plenty of the ones considered by
science to be beneficial to a healthy gut.
Doug comes on Bulletproof Radio to discuss myokines and their role
in muscular training, the role of the gut
microbiome in fighting inflammation, how to control your nerves with stress inoculation, and the
science behind oxygen saturation, breathing, & exercise.
One of the things the
microbiome does that Harvard published
in 2013
in science was that... This is why I say that sex starts
in the gut.
Kiran is currently involved
in 7 novel human clinical trials on probiotics and the human
microbiome and has extensive knowledge of the latest
science on the human
microbiome as it relates to health and wellness.
It has been very rewarding for Tom to be able combine a background
in science with a more recent education
in functional nutrition to help meet the needs of practitioners & clients within his areas of expertise (the
microbiome, the gut - brain - immune axis, metabolic regulation, and healthy aging).