Engineered bacteria deliver chemotherapy directly to tumors
Traditional chemotherapy often poses significant challenges, including severe side effects, damage to healthy tissue and limited efficacy.
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Bacteria: News and Research on Lactobacillaceae
MeSH tree: B03.510.550.450
Microfluidic organ chip models human cervix to fill key women's health gap
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) has been identified as one of the many unmet needs in women's health and affects more than 25% of reproductive-aged women. It is caused by pathogenic bacteria that push the healthy microbiomes in ...
May 30, 2024
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Specific microbial hallmarks in vagina could indicate gynecological cancers
A simple vaginal swab could reveal the presence of early-stage gynecological cancers, according to a new, wide-ranging study published in Open Life Sciences. The study is the first to assess the diagnostic potential of vaginal ...
May 28, 2024
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Researchers make strides in microbiome-based cancer therapies via iron deprivation in the tumor microenvironment
A team from POSTECH and ImmunoBiome has made a potential breakthrough in the fight against cancer. Their research, published in the May issue of Nature Immunology, explores a dietary-derived bacterial strain, IMB001. This ...
May 17, 2024
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Understanding the role gut microbiome–brain interactions play in social decision-making
Taking pro- and prebiotics could make people more sensitive to fairness, even at the cost of earning less money, according to a study published in the journal PNAS Nexus.
May 15, 2024
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Deeper dive into the gut microbiome shows changes linked to body weight
Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified significant variations in the microbes of the small bowel (small intestine) are strongly associated with various body weights, from a normal body mass index, or BMI, to having obesity.
Apr 19, 2024
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Are probiotics all they're cracked up to be?
Probiotics have been touted as a treatment for everything from diarrhea to mental health disorders, with sales of probiotic supplements expected to exceed $65 billion globally in 2024.
Apr 17, 2024
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TikTok health hacks promising to change the taste and smell of female genitals are more sour than sweet
Wake up. Brush teeth. Exfoliate. Drink a glass of pineapple "coochie juice?"
Mar 28, 2024
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Newborn piglets serve as a model for studying influenza
Although prevention and treatment strategies are available for influenza, they are not sufficient for vulnerable populations such as young children and newborns. In a new study published in Virology, a multidisciplinary team ...
Mar 18, 2024
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Dietitian answers questions on probiotics
Brian S., from Lincoln, asks, " Can you please provide some trusted clinical studies, books or journals that have to do with how pre- and probiotics are not destroyed by stomach acids or shelf life in order to actually be ...
Mar 3, 2024
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