A new bacterial molecule with the unsavory tendency to track down and kill others of its own kind has been discovered in the human microbiome by researchers at Princeton's Department of Chemistry. Named Streptosactin, it ...
Biochemistry
Sep 15, 2020
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The microbiome of our ancestors might have been more important for human evolution than previously thought, according to a new study published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. An adaptive gut microbiome could have been ...
Evolution
Feb 19, 2020
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A study of mice found that dietary sugar alters the gut microbiome, setting off a chain of events that leads to metabolic disease, pre-diabetes, and weight gain.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 29, 2022
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814
At a time when kombucha is commonplace on cafe menus and "probiotic-fortified" has become the newest health buzzword, our guts have never been more relevant. With good reason, humans have begun paying more attention to the ...
Evolution
Jan 7, 2020
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Researchers at EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 4, 2022
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182
The next time you tuck into a salad, thank a honeybee.
Plants & Animals
Aug 29, 2014
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Humans' guts are a dangerous place.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 30, 2019
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785
The human gut is home to hundreds of different bacterial species collectively known as the gut microbiome. A major health benefit these provide is to protect the gut against invading pathogens (disease-causing microorganisms) ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 14, 2023
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137
Lactobacilli that live in the human female urinary tract's microbiome are competitive and kill nearby pathogenic bacteria, according to the first study of its kind by a team led by microbiologist Dr. Tanya Sysoeva of The ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 7, 2022
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Scientists at UC San Francisco and Harvard University have shown for the first time that cooking food fundamentally alters the microbiomes of both mice and humans, a finding with implications both for optimizing our microbial ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 30, 2019
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