Bacteria that play dirty require a dirty solution: Fecal transplants help drive out life-threatening intestinal infection
Fecal transplants could be the answer to treating one of the most common life-threatening intestinal infections.
Microbiome
Newly discovered species of bacteria in the microbiome may be culprit behind rheumatoid arthritis
These findings suggest that gut bacteria may be activating the immune systems of people with rheumatoid arthritis.
Scientist recreating human gut microbiome into a small pill, could lead to major disease advances
The gut microbiome is home to trillions of microorganisms, and scientists are attempting to bottle this complex ecosystem into a small pill.
UVA scientists solve 50-year-old mystery behind how bacteria move
According to their findings, E. coli bacteria move by coiling appendages and creating makeshift propellers out of one protein.
Stanford researchers design fully functional synthetic microbiome, opening new doors into gut-disease links
Stanford University researchers have built the most complex synthetic microbiome, creating a community of over 100 bacterial species that were able to be transplanted into mice.
Researchers find gut bacteria, even healthy ones, linked to HIV susceptibility
A new study suggests that some gut bacteria, even ones that support healthy gut diversity, are indicating factors of greater susceptibility to contracting the infection.
Giving infants antibiotics may raise their risk of gut health issues in adulthood
A new study, finds that early life exposure to antibiotics in neonatal mice has adverse effects on the gut into adulthood.
Stress can actually protect the body against harmful gut inflammation
“This one of the few studies showing that chronic stress could have beneficial effect instead of negative effect,” researchers say.
Unhealthy gut linked to breast cancer spread, recurrence
A new study finds that a disrupted gut microbiome alters mast cells, or immune cells in breast tissue, which ultimately helps cancer spread.
Why are fecal transplants so successful in repairing the gut? Study explores what happens when microbiomes merge
Considering no two gut microbiomes are alike, researchers observed the interactions between microbes of different ecosystems during a fecal transplant.