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Scientists have identified the genes in the probiotic Bifidobacteria longum responsible for improving gut motility. A research team reporting November 21 in the journal Cell Host & Microbe found that B. longum strains possessing ...
Nov 21, 2023
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Federal regulators have sent warning letters to two companies for illegally selling probiotic products for use in preterm infants.
Oct 27, 2023
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An estimated 40% of the global adult population have high blood pressure, or hypertension, which puts people at risk of cardiovascular disease and other dangerous health conditions. Recent studies suggest that probiotics ...
Oct 19, 2023
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A new study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has revealed key differences in gut bacteria and their metabolic byproducts in infants that may predict the development of peanut allergies by ...
Aug 29, 2023
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In a small, exploratory study, levels of certain types of microbes in babies' guts were shown to be associated with performance in tests of early cognitive development. Sebastian Hunter of the University of British Columbia, ...
Aug 9, 2023
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Researchers have completed the most in-depth investigation to date of mother-to-infant transmission of common gut bacteria. The study reveals the effective transfer of the gut bacteria Bifidobacterium, a major component of ...
Jun 12, 2023
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Researchers from the Quadram Institute and University of East Anglia have identified what makes some strains of gut bacteria life-threatening in pre-term babies. The findings, now published in the journal Nature Microbiology, ...
May 25, 2023
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An international team of scientists who spent five years studying the feces of 647 Danish babies found something astonishing. The nappy samples contained 10,000 species of virus—ten times the number of bacterial species in ...
May 3, 2023
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A University of Massachusetts Amherst nutrition scientist who has spent his career studying breast milk has demonstrated how beneficial microbes in the gut of infants use nitrogen from human milk to support pediatric nutrition ...
Mar 28, 2023
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Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), one of the most common forms of dementia, has no cure. Previous studies suggested that gut bacteria, the microorganisms that live in the human digestive tract, play a role in Parkinson's disease, ...
Mar 1, 2023
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