Not exact matches
Richman noted that
research has started to show that the
microbiome is linked to mental health issues,
such as depression and anxiety.
Some
research has even suggested a link between off - kilter
microbiomes and the increase in many «diseases of civilization,»
such as obesity, asthma and Type 2 diabetes.
Such fundamental
research while still in its early stages may pave the way for novel therapeutic strategies in time as the
microbiome is far more manipulable than our genome.
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.
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.
Research cruises
such as Tara Oceans and the Global Ocean Sampling Expedition have begun to sample, sequence and analyze the ocean
microbiome, from the sunlit surface waters that are mixed by the wind to dark deep layers that relatively unperturbed.
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.
Current
research on
microbiomes reveals that an organism's microbiota are co-evolved with the host species, but not to a point of specificity that is problematic between related organisms (
such as one kind of pigeon in relation to another).
«
Microbiome science has the potential to revolutionize areas
such as health care, agriculture, biomanufacturing, environmental management, and more,» says Marsha Mailick, UW — Madison's vice chancellor for
research and graduate education.
He lectures at many institutions,
such as the National Institutes of Health, on the
microbiome and his breakthrough
research in the probiotic space.
actually
research is ongoing to learn how our guts restore
microbiome and the degree to which
such returns to pre-antibiotic state. -RCB-
Recent
research shows that we may have an equally diverse and important
microbiome in other parts of the body
such as in the mouth and on the skin.
Emerging
research indicates that the gut
microbiome plays a central role in the regulation of estrogen levels within the body and thus influences the risk of developing estrogen - related diseases
such as endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, breast cancer, and prostate cancer.
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.