This kind of drug also holds promise because it would affect only Salmonella and leave the trillions of
other microbes in the gut unaffected.
The gut microbiome — a collection of bacteria and
other microbes in the gut — could be a highly accurate predictor of hospitalizations for patients with cirrhosis, according to a recently published study led by a researcher at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Not exact matches
I have been distraught for days, but I am looking up
other labs where I might be able to do work
in line with my obsession with beneficial
microbes in soil and
in the
gut.
«This [new work] explains quite nicely the two - way interaction between
microbes and us, and it shows the relationship going the
other way — which is fascinating,» says Spector, author of The Diet Myth: Why the Secret to Health and Weight Loss Is Already
in Your
Gut.
Two studies — one
in mice and the
other in human subjects — offer the first definitive evidence that exercise alone can change the composition of
microbes in the
gut.
While scientists have made great progress
in identifying the individual members of the
gut microbiome, it's much harder to determine exactly what they do — both individually and
in concert with
other microbes.
The surprising outcome, however, was that «within one generation, the flies developed mate preference for their own group, ignoring the
others, and that this was dependent on the
microbes in the
gut that helped them utilize the food,» he said.
«It's able to use the sugar molecules
in mom's milk better than any
other gut microbe, including commensal and pathogenic bugs.»
Scientists increasingly realize the importance of
gut and
other microbes to our health and well - being, but one University of California, Berkeley, biologist is asking whether these
microbes — our microbiota — might also have played a role
in shaping who we are by steering evolution.
Studies like these are possible because of technological advances
in high - throughput sequencing, which allows scientists to survey
microbes in the
gut and
other parts of the body.
Researchers discover why
gut microbe increases stomach cancer risk
in some Colombians, but not
others
The
microbes that live
in our
gut could prove to be a fertile source for new antibiotics and
other useful drugs
BACTERIA AND
OTHER MICROBES interact
in diverse populations everywhere from the human
gut to the oceans.
This suggests that some
microbes in a hamster's
gut might influence how it behaves and interacts with
others.
As recent advances
in scientific understanding of Parkinson's disease and cancer immunotherapy have shown, our
gut microbiomes — the trillions of bacteria, viruses and
other microbes that live within us — are emerging as one of the richest untapped sources of insight into human health.
More than 100 trillion bacteria, fungi and
other microbes live as squatters
in your
gut.
After the
other males began squaring off, however, their
gut microbes did change — and
in both the winners and the losers.
On the
other hand, when you're lacking the numbers of good
microbes in your
gut that you need to effectively keep your digestion moving along, one of the first places issues will materialize is on your skin.
Two common factors emerged
in urine that had a better ability to resist bacterial growth: it had a high pH — one that's more alkaline,
in other words — and higher levels of certain metabolites formed by
gut microbes.
Nourish Your Cells: A robust inner ecosystem that's teeming with friendly
microbes requires healthy mucosal tissue —
in other words, the lining of the
gut needs to be strong.
«
In parallel with beneficial microbes in the healthy gut, scientists have found thousands of different species of downright pathogenic disease - causing microbes; bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microbe
In parallel with beneficial
microbes in the healthy gut, scientists have found thousands of different species of downright pathogenic disease - causing microbes; bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microbe
in the healthy
gut, scientists have found thousands of different species of downright pathogenic disease - causing
microbes; bacteria, viruses, fungi and
other microbes.
It needs building blocks for them, because they're made out of certain nutrients (proteins, certain fats, vitamins, enzymes, and
other active molecules)... Second, it needs the whole process to be orchestrated by the beneficial
microbes in your digestive system; by the beneficial healthy
gut flora.»
«
In our modern world where people are regularly taking antibiotics and
other pharmaceutical drugs, where food is laced with chemicals alien to the human physiology, an increasing number of people have damaged, abnormal
gut flora dominated by pathogenic [disease - causing]
microbes.
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.»
Instead, it could be your own
gut flora — those tiny
microbes living
in your intestinal tract — sending you strong signals to devour sweets, salty snacks or
other less - than - desirable foods.