Microbiome

Fecal transplant pills

Bacteria that play dirty require a dirty solution: Fecal transplants help drive out life-threatening intestinal infectionNovember 2, 2022

Rheumatoid arthritis x-ray

Newly discovered species of bacteria in the microbiome may be culprit behind rheumatoid arthritisOctober 29, 2022

Intestines Sketch with Guts Bacteria

Scientist recreating human gut microbiome into a small pill, could lead to major disease advancesOctober 24, 2022

E. coli bacteria

UVA scientists solve 50-year-old mystery behind how bacteria moveOctober 14, 2022

Gut health

Stanford researchers design fully functional synthetic microbiome, opening new doors into gut-disease linksOctober 10, 2022

HIV, the AIDS virus (yellow), infecting a human cell

Researchers find gut bacteria, even healthy ones, linked to HIV susceptibilityOctober 6, 2022

Definition of antibiotics

Giving infants antibiotics may raise their risk of gut health issues in adulthoodSeptember 29, 2022

Gut health: Woman holds intestines model in hands

Stress can actually protect the body against harmful gut inflammationSeptember 29, 2022

Breast Cancer (Ductal Carcinoma)

Disease Prevention

Unhealthy gut linked to breast cancer spread, recurrenceSeptember 26, 2022

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation as the confluence of a donor’s and recipient's gut ecosystems.

Why are fecal transplants so successful in repairing the gut? Study explores what happens when microbiomes mergeSeptember 22, 2022