A carbohydrate commonly found attached to plant proteins is a food source for the bacteria in our gut, new research suggests.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 22, 2022
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The human gut microbiome is composed of thousands of different bacteria and archaea that vary widely between populations and individuals. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biology in Tübingen have now discovered ...
Evolution
Sep 16, 2022
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The bacteria that reside in the human gut ("the gut microbiome") are known to play beneficial and harmful roles in human health. Because these bacteria are transmitted through milk, mothers can directly impact the composition ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2022
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The repair of ecosystems as a core public health intervention can reduce the risk of infection and play an integral role in the long-term rehabilitation from COVID-19, which has so far claimed up to 15 million lives globally ...
Ecology
Sep 8, 2022
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Certain species of bacteria in the gut interact with and help balance levels of dietary cholesterol by using it to create a molecule that plays important roles in human health, according to a study published August 18 in ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 18, 2022
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It may seem strange after a pandemic that has killed millions and turned the world upside down, but viruses could save just as many lives.
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 4, 2022
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A combined team of researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and The Ohio State University, has found evidence of convergence toward a social gut microbiome among vampire bats. In their paper published ...
A diet rich in human food may be wreaking havoc on the health of urban coyotes, according to a new study by University of Alberta biologists.
Plants & Animals
Feb 25, 2021
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Viruses are the most numerous biological entities on the planet. Now researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have identified over 140,000 viral species living in ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 18, 2021
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Researchers from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have shown that colored light can both activate and deactivate genes of gut bacteria in the intestines of worms. The research shows how optogenetic technology ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 17, 2020
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