Since most of the microbes in our gut are bacteria, they tend to hog much of the microbiome research limelight. But lurking amongst the bacteria are other microbes such as single-cell eukaryotes (SCE) and viruses, which have ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 12, 2019
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Scientists working on the gut microbiome have discovered and isolated more than 100 completely new species of bacteria from healthy people's intestines. The study from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hudson Institute of Medical ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 4, 2019
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Research increasingly links the gut microbiome to a range of human maladies, including inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes and even cancer. Attempts to manipulate the gut with food rich in healthy bacteria, such as yogurt ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 4, 2018
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The culprit might be many microbes. Since 2013, a gruesome and mysterious disease has killed millions of sea stars along the West Coast from Mexico to Alaska—making the animals turn to goo, lose their legs, and pull their ...
Ecology
Nov 7, 2018
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Delivering an effective therapeutic payload to specific target cells with few adverse effects is considered by many to be the holy grail of medical research. A new Tel Aviv University study explores a biological approach ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 29, 2018
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The small intestine is a hotbed of microbial activity and a target of probiotic treatments for diarrhea, inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome, among other conditions. To make it to the intestine, though, ...
Other
Sep 26, 2018
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A study led by a researcher at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus reveals a key connection between viruses and inflammatory bowel diseases like ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 23, 2018
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Dying cells generally have two options: go quietly, or go out with a bang.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 7, 2018
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In a step toward better diagnosis and treatment of digestive conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease, scientists report in ACS Biomaterials & Engineering that they have developed a first-of-its-kind collagen-based ...
Materials Science
Mar 7, 2018
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Rice University scientists have created a toolkit for synthetic biologists who need to precisely tune the input and output levels of genetic circuits.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 11, 2018
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