Antibiotics change gut composition of males and females differently, animal study suggests
Antibiotics can harm your gut, but how much so depends on your gender, a new animal study from Cedars-Sinai concludes.
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira
Your favorite cereal or pasta dish could help ward off ‘range of cancers’ by 60% — if it’s made with this
People with an inherited form of cancer called Lynch syndrome, who eat high amounts of resistant starch, showed a significant reduction in cancer found in multiple parts of the body.
Gut health is linked to brain disease — but there’s a lack of strong data to explain how
A review by an international team of researchers confirms evidence that links the gut with neurodegenerative diseases, but exactly why or how remains unclear.
How does the immune system know what’s good for the body and what isn’t?
The immune system’s ability to differentiate a strange pathogen from the cells and tissue of the body is because of an immune cell called T-cells.
Scientists unravel secrets behind bacterium that can increase stomach cancer risk
A new study describes how H.pylori causes extensive stomach tissue damage and enables uncontrollable cell growth.
Cell research unearths new way of stopping colorectal cancer tumors from growing
A new study has developed a novel colorectal cancer inhibitor that could prevent tumors from growing and spreading throughout the body.
Saliva serves as vessel for stomach viruses to travel throughout the body
Your saliva carries trillions of microorganisms, and new research points out that stomach viruses also use it as a mode of traveling inside your body. A
Lemurs showing antibiotic-resistant bacteria in their guts after repeated encounters with humans
Duke University scientists discovered evidence of antibiotic resistance in the gut microbiome of lemurs that live close to humans.
Gut microbes play an important role in stopping viral infections. Researchers finally know how
A recent study by researchers in Sweden discovered how the gut microbiome helps the immune system develop resistance to viruses.
This common yeast strain in the gut poisons immune cells, potentially causing IBD
The exact cause of IBD is unknown, but one group of researchers suggests it could be the work of toxin-producing yeast strains in the gut.