Sentences with phrase «microbiome studies as»

We are excited to add this new study to our repertoire of ongoing human microbiome studies as it will enhance our knowledge in this important area of research.»

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Some small studies have suggested that synbiotics could provide benefits to a range of other conditions influenced by the gut microbiome as well, including obesity, diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, but larger - scale clinical trials focusing on each of those conditions are needed.

Some studies have also linked the microbiome to human mood and behavior as well as gut health, human development, and metabolic disorders.

In addition, many studies do not take into account the complex interaction of different fatty acid subtypes, such as omega - 3 and omega - 6 fatty acids, on gut inflammation as well as their effect on the intestinal microbiome.

A separate study found infants whose gestation lengths were less than 38 weeks had microbiome communities that were low in Bifidobacterium and took 3 to 6 months to reach a normal Bifidiobacterium - rich community as compared to infants born at 40 or more weeks [9].

In a previous study of 24 healthy women, vaginal microbiome composition became less diverse between the second and third trimesters of pregnancy and just before delivery was enriched with Lactobacillus species, likely contributing to vertical transmission of these bacteria during vaginal birth.21 In a study of 10 newborns in Venezuela, within hours of delivery, the intestinal tracts of infants born vaginally were colonized by Lactobacillus and Prevotella, whereas infants delivered operatively acquired bacteria present on the mother's skin and the hospital environment, such as Staphylococcus, Proprionibacterium, and Corynebacterium.15 Quiz Ref ID Our findings, based on a large group of 6 - week - old infants, indicated that Lactobacillus also contributes to the microbial environment of the gut but to a lesser extent than Bifidobacteria, Bacteroides, and Streptococcus.

Oligosaccharides in breast milk are thought to promote Bifidobacterium growth, 35 and decreased Bifidobacterium in infancy has been found to be associated with an increased risk for being overweight at age 10 years.36 Many formulas are supplemented with prebiotics such as short - chain galacto - oligosaccharides and long - chain fructo - oligosaccharides that increase the overall representation of Bifidobacterium in the microbiome of formula - fed infants, and similar to breast milk, promote lactate and short - chain fatty acid prevalence in the infant gut (reviewed in the study by Oozeer et al37).

The first microbiome study of the penis offers some clues as to why removing foreskin cuts the risk of HIV infection in circumcised men

A new study shows that the microbial communities we carry in and on our bodies — known as the human microbiome — have the potential to uniquely identify individuals, much like a fingerprint.

«Study points to penile microbiome as a risk factor for HIV in men.»

Earlier studies have linked the human microbiome — that is, the collection of microbes living in and on the human body — to a variety of health conditions, but little is known about the role of the penile microbiome as it relates to men's health.

His team hopes to build a predictive model of the human microbiome as a tool to study how medical conditions can change this massive biological system, to identify settings that promote beneficial microbiomes, and to design clinical interventions to treat currently hard - to - manage problems.

«We think of a healthy microbiome as being Lactobacillus dominant — that's what we are taught in medical school — but those studies are mostly based on white women in developed countries.

Kahn and his colleagues plan to continue to study the relationship between the microbiome and CCM formation, particularly as it relates to human disease.

As part of the study, they transplanted the intestinal microbiome from sick animals into the intestines of germ - free mice.

And studies have hinted that differences between young babies» microbiomes, caused by birth methods, diet, environment, and antibiotic exposure, might affect their chances of developing diseases such as asthma and allergies.

In a study appearing in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers at The Ohio State University and their colleagues have demonstrated how two separate effects of climate change combine to destabilize different populations of coral microbes — that is, unbalance the natural coral «microbiome» — opening the door for bad bacteria to overpopulate corals» mucus and their bodies as a whole.

As scientists have learned more about their impact on our health, microbiomes have become an increasingly popular topic of study.

He sees the study as the first step — but definitely not the last — toward understanding how the Inuit microbiome and relates to their diet.

After seeding each reactor with a previously studied microbiome, and opening the setup to the acid whey and its own rich assortment of bacteria (such as common gut microbiota from the Lactobacillus family), caproic acid, caprylic acid, and other minor products could be continually extracted over a period of several months.

«Our study points to dietary fiber as a major factor driving the overall composition of the microbiome,» says Shapiro.

To guarantee a safe environment for astronauts on long - duration space missions such as a journey to Mars, it is important to monitor how microorganisms such as bacteria adapt to the confined conditions onboard spacecraft, according to a study published in the open access journal Microbiome.

As a pioneer in the field of probiotics, Reid began studying the health impact of microbes in 1982, long before «probiotics» and «microbiome» became buzzwords.

With crowdfunded projects such as American Gut, which already has thousands of participants who have had their microbiomes sequenced, and studies of people whose lives are very different from modern Western civilization, such as the Hadza of Tanzania, Yanomami of Venezuela and Matsés of Peru, we may be able to replenish our ancestral microbes and discover new ones that help to maintain health for individuals or entire populations.

Create a working group to oversee the development and implementation of guidelines for the study of microbiomes, drawing on and developing those already established by other initiatives such as the Earth Microbiome Project.

The present study was designed as a way to understand how human to human contact influences the skin microbiome, since contact has long been acknowledged as a major dispersal vector for skin bacterial communities (Hamburger, 1947; Pittet et al., 2006).

This has led to an explosion of knowledge about microbiomes, as scientists use these tools to catalog the stunning diversity of species that inhabit the planet and study their genes.

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.

Ideas for novel tools and methods will be broadly applicable across the many environments studied in microbiome research — the earth's soils, ocean and freshwater environments, and atmosphere; as well as animal hosts» gut and skin ecosystems.

Of special note today: gut microbiota species expressing orthologs of human Ro60 might be involved in triggering and sustaining chronic autoimmunity in lupus; The portal vein blood microbiome in patients with liver cirrhosis; A randomized clinical study suggests dietary promotion of short chain fatty acid producing gut microbes as an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes; and the sexual dimorphism of root, flower and leaf microbiomes in the wild strawberry plant

Ideally, ideas for novel tools and methods will be broadly applicable across the many environments studied in microbiome research — the Earth's soils, ocean and freshwater environments, and atmosphere; as well as animal hosts» gut and skin ecosystems.

Researchers are just beginning to study microbiomes in as systematic way.

«There are no studies as of yet that prove definitively that the microbiome causes speciation,» Coyne said.

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.

Supervises wet lab, building amplicon, genomic and metagenomic libraries using various approaches to sequence on variety of platforms (illumina as well as PacBio) to study the understanding of the relationship between the microbiome and metabolic diseases.

I am also involved in making various types of amplicon as well as whole - genome shot gun libraries to sequence on different illumina platforms (MiSeq, NextSeq, HiSeq) and PacBio to study the relationship between microbiome and several diseases.

Sept. 26, 2017 - A new Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) initiative to study how the soil microbiome (microorganisms such as fungi and bacteria, microfauna and viruses) controls the mechanisms that regulate organic matter stabilization in soil can move forward after the Department of Energy's (DOE)...

Yet the microbiome has traditionally been thought of as a collection of innocuous organisms that can be ignored in studies of health and disease.

Procrustes analyses of core and cortex samples were conducted as a control study to assess the fecal microbiome in the coprolites and to see any differences from obvious soil contaminants.

This new understanding will accelerate studies of stem cell biology, cell therapy, as well as work related to multiple aspects of gut physiology including the burgeoning field of the gut microbiome.

One study found that transplanting the microbiome of diabetic mice into healthy mice made them diabetic as well!

A recent study found that polyphenols from foods such as blueberries, coffee, and extra-virgin olive oil play a significant role in the prevention of degenerative diseases by improving your microbiome environment.

Curcumin, a polyphenol in the Indian spice turmeric with elaborate anti-inflammatory mechanisms was recently found to be as effective as Prozac in small a randomized study I discuss here.35 Fermented foods, a part of traditional cultural diets, would also play a beneficial role, in this paradigm of microbiome - oriented, diet - supported mental health in ways stated here: 36

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One study compared the gut microbiome of children with diagnosed IgE mediated food allergies with that of their siblings who did not have a food allergy as well as non-allergic controls.

The delicate balance between the human microbiome and the development of psychopathologies is particularly interesting given the ease with which the microbiome can be altered by external factors, such as diet, 23 exposure to antimicrobials24, 25 or disrupted sleep patterns.26 For example, a link between antibiotic exposure and altered brain function is well evidenced by the psychiatric side - effects of antibiotics, which range from anxiety and panic to major depression, psychosis and delirium.1 A recent large population study reported that treatment with a single antibiotic course was associated with an increased risk for depression and anxiety, rising with multiple exposures.27 Bercik et al. 28 showed that oral administration of non-absorbable antimicrobials transiently altered the composition of the gut microbiota in adult mice and increased exploratory behaviour and hippocampal expression of brain - derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), while intraperitoneal administration had no effect on behaviour.

A recent study pinpointed the microbiome as a key player in age - associated inflammation (11).

While probiotics can be helpful in certain conditions, studies show that probiotics work more as immunomodulators and do not have long - term effects in changing the microbiome — for this reason I don't recommend them unless there's a specific reason.

Her background in microbiology and pre-med has given her the perfect skillset for integrating modern research in the microbiome with her traditional studies in herbalism and food as medicine.