Eating rye comes with a variety of health benefits. A new study from the University of Eastern Finland now shows that both lactic acid bacteria and gut bacteria contribute to the health benefits of rye. Published in Microbiome, ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2019
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Steven Finkel tells the story of a close family member who had a discomforting health issue—the kind you don't discuss at the dinner table.
Ecology
Jul 29, 2019
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Animals have an intimate and important connection with the microbial populations (microbiomes) that live inside their bodies. This holds for the behaviorally sophisticated cuttlefish, whose microbiome, it turns out, contains ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 25, 2019
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How do the communities of microbes living in our gastrointestinal systems affect our health? Carnegie's Will Ludington was part of a team that helped answer this question.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 2, 2019
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Millions of people take capsules of probiotics with the goal of improving their digestion, but what if those bacteria were also able to detect diseases in the gut and indicate when something is awry? New research from the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 28, 2019
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A new computational modeling method uses snapshots of which types of microbes are found in a person's gut to predict how the microbial community will change over time. The tool, developed by Liat Shenhav, Leah Briscoe and ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 27, 2019
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Antibiotic-resistant infections are a threat to global public health, food safety and an economic burden. To prevent these infections, it is critical to understand how antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their genes are transmitted ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 22, 2019
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Duke University scientists have given us another way to tell which endangered lemur species are most at risk from deforestation—based on the trillions of bacteria that inhabit their guts.
Plants & Animals
Jun 13, 2019
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The gut microbiome is a complex, interconnected ecosystem of species. And, like any ecosystem, some organisms are predators and some are prey. A new study led by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Wyss ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 6, 2019
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A newly discovered relationship between genetic variation and the gut microbiome could help nutritionists personalize their recommendations.
Cell & Microbiology
May 2, 2019
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