Researchers have discovered which gut bacteria help our immune system battle cancerous tumors and how they do it. The discovery may provide a new understanding of why immunotherapy, a treatment …read more Source:: Science
Tag: microbiome
How resident microbes restructure body chemistry
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A comparison of normal and germ-free mice revealed that as much as 70 percent of a mouse’s gut chemistry is determined by its gut microbiome. Even in distant organs, such …read more Source:: Science
Gut microbes eat our medication
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Researchers have discovered one of the first concrete examples of how the microbiome can interfere with a drug’s intended path through the body. Focusing on levodopa (L-dopa), the primary treatment …read more Source:: Science
Gut microbiome differs among ethnicities
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Changing the gut microbiome to beat illness really does hold great potential, said a biologist, but first scientists must answer what constitutes a healthy gut microbiome and in whom. …read more Source:: Science
Immigration to the United States changes a person’s microbiome
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Researchers new evidence that the gut microbiota of immigrants and refugees rapidly Westernize after a person’s arrival in the United States. The study of communities migrating from Southeast Asia to …read more Source:: Science
Our intestinal microbiome influences metabolism — through the immune system
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The innate immune system, our first line of defense against bacterial infection, has a side job that’s equally important: fine-tuning our metabolism. …read more Source:: Science
A gut bacterium’s guide to building a microbiome
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Many studies have linked the gut microbiome to health and disease. New research reveals mechanisms utilized by gut bacteria to assemble a microbiome in the first place. …read more Source:: Science
‘Ridiculously healthy’ elderly have the same gut microbiome as healthy 30 year-olds
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In one of the largest microbiota studies conducted in humans, researchers have shown a potential link between healthy aging and a healthy gut. …read more Source:: Science
Humpback whale blow microbiome described
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For the first time, scientists have identified an extensive conserved group of bacteria within healthy humpback whales’ blow — the moist breath that whales spray out of their blowholes when …read more Source:: Science
Dog stool microbiome predicts canine inflammatory bowel disease
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A pattern of microbes that is indicative of inflammatory bowel disease has been identified in dogs. With more than 90 percent accuracy, the team used that information to predict which …read more Source:: Science