Sentences with phrase «whether gut microbes»

The ecologist also tested whether any gut microbes in the caterpillars helped the insects to survive in some way.

To determine whether gut microbes could affect an organism's longevity and its ability to reproduce, Vanderbilt University geneticist Seth Bordenstein and his colleagues dosed the termites Zootermopsis angusticollis and Reticulitermes flavipes with the antibiotic rifampicin.

In the new study, Elinav and his team set out to determine whether gut microbes could be the missing link.

Not exact matches

Along with a postdoc in Kaplan's lab, Alice Liou, they decided to test whether the surgery itself caused the changes in the population of gut microbes — known as the microbiota.

To test whether a partial loss of plant - derived dietary fiber would result in a partial loss of native gut microbes, the authors also collected fecal samples from a semi-captive population of red - shanked doucs who lived in a sanctuary and received about half of the normal variety of plants eaten by wild doucs.

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.

Three researchers, Tracy Bale, Christopher Lowry and Sarkis Mazmanian, discuss the emerging gut - microbiome - brain connection and whether microbes may help us treat brain disorders.

Three researchers at the forefront of research on the microbiome - brain connection recently spoke with The Kavli Foundation about how microbes communicate with the brain and whether we can modify the gut microbiome to treat disorders of the brain and mind.

Probiotics have live microbes (think bacteria / yeast) in»em that promote a ~ balanced ~ ecosystem, whether that's on yo» face or in yo» gut.