Fecal transplants reverse hallmarks of aging
In the search for eternal youth, poo transplants may seem like an unlikely way to reverse the aging process.
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In the search for eternal youth, poo transplants may seem like an unlikely way to reverse the aging process.
May 4, 2022
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Eggs or yogurt, veggies or potato chips? We make decisions about what to eat every day, but those choices may not be fully our own. New University of Pittsburgh research on mice shows for the first time that the microbes ...
Apr 20, 2022
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Antibiotics are life-saving drugs, but they can also harm the beneficial microbes that live in the human gut. Following antibiotic treatment, some patients are at risk of developing inflammation or opportunistic infections ...
Apr 11, 2022
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A Cleveland Clinic-led study has revealed new insights into how a diet rich in red meat increases risk for cardiovascular disease. The findings were published in Nature Microbiology and build on more than a decade of research ...
Dec 23, 2021
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We are one of the most medicated generations of humans to live on our planet. Cardiometabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes, obesity, and coronary artery disease continue to increase in prevalence and together constitute ...
Dec 8, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has turned a spotlight on the importance of vaccines, but also on key gaps in scientific understanding of how the immune system reacts to vaccines in general. Why does the immune response to some vaccines ...
Dec 3, 2021
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Exercise increases the body's own cannabis-like substances, which in turn helps reduce inflammation and could potentially help treat certain conditions such as arthritis, cancer and heart disease.
Nov 17, 2021
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Antibiotics cure bacterial infections and save millions of lives each year. But they can also harm the helpful microbes residing in the gut, weakening one of the body's first lines of defense against pathogens and compromising ...
Oct 13, 2021
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An immune cell subset called innate lymphoid cells (ILC3s) protects against colorectal cancer, in part by helping to maintain a healthy dialog between the immune system and gut microbes, according to a new study led by researchers ...
Aug 31, 2021
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A high-fat diet disrupts the biology of the gut's inner lining and its microbial communities—and promotes the production of a metabolite that may contribute to heart disease, according to a study published Aug. 13 in the ...
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