You’re eating a credit card’s worth of plastic every week, and it’s altering your gut makeup
A recent review suggests people consume about five grams of plastic particles per week — the equivalent of the weight of a credit card.
immune system
Clean hands, healthy gut: All that hand-washing and sanitizing during COVID slashed UK gut infections in half
The amount of gut infections in the UK were cut in half in the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, largely due to people washing their hands, scientists conclude.
Scientists discover how sugar causes inflammation, leading to Crohn’s and other diseases
The findings may lead to the creation of treatments which prevent conditions such as Crohn’s disease and diabetes.
Intestinal memory discovered: Immune cells ‘trained’ to ‘remember’ diseases for future protection
Scientists at the Institut Pasteur discovered innate effector cells active in early infection that can also be trained to “remember” that disease and protect the host from reinfection.
Scientists uncover molecular pathway that explains how your diet, gut bacteria regulate immunity
The food taken into your body can influence the release of a metabolic byproduct made by a specific gut microbe that regulates immunity.
One type of gut bacteria may be secret weapon for fighting off drug-resistant colorectal cancer
Helicobacter hepaticus bacterial species to the gut microbiome can ramp up a strong immune response against colon cancer cells.
Harmful gut microbes may have greater influence on immunotherapy for cancer patients than ‘good’ bacteria
A new study suggests that microorganisms which hinder the response to immunotherapy may have greater influence than beneficial microorganisms.
The amount of sugar in your food can shape bacteria living in your gut microbiome
New research provides strong evidence on the relationship between diet and the gut microbiome — especially when it comes to sugars.
Salmonella, other bacteria use ‘hack’ to turn immune system against our body: ‘It’s kind of ingenious’
Some bacteria, such as salmonella, have developed a mechanism that lets them evade destruction entirely by the immune system.
How a common skin fungus hijacks the immune system, can cause life-threatening infections
For people with weaker immunity, the fungus Candida albicans can signal a death sentence with life-threatening infections.