Social influencer: How gut microbiome plays key role in your personality
A recent study finds that the gut microbiome influences personality traits involved in mental and physical energy.
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Strong gut health plays key role when it comes to success of cancer treatments
New research reveals a link between the gut microbiome and how the body responds to immunotherapy for cancer.
Giving antibiotics to newborns can harm their future gut health
A new study finds that antibiotics kill off a substantial number of good bacteria needed to digest milk and develop immunity.
Fecal transplant could be life-changing for people with peanut allergies
Fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) from healthy, non-allergic donors are allowing some severely allergic young adults to safely ingest small amounts of peanut.
E. coli strain originally from farm animals may be cause behind deadly infections in humans
New research finds a strain of E.coli bacteria from farm animals could be the cause behind deadly pandemic strains in humans.
How gut microbiome plays influential role in coronary heart disease
New research strongly suggests that the gut microbiome is involved in the early pathogenesis of heart disease.
Scientists discover molecule in gut bacteria that wakes up dormant ‘zombie’ viruses
Gut bacteria can reawaken dormant viruses, finds a new study from Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Gut’s role in hibernation for animals may unlock keys to survival for astronauts on long missions
Hibernating animals may hold the answers for treating humans with muscle-wasting disorders and astronauts on lengthy missions.
Blood lipids known as ‘ceramides’ serve as potential biomarker for predicting disease from an unhealthy diet
Measuring blood lipids known as ceramides may help track a person at risk of developing cardiometabolic diseases from an unhealthy diet, according to a new study.
Gut bacteria may predict your chances of developing Type 2 diabetes
The presence of certain bacterial species may predict a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes, finds new research.