It's normal to have bacteria in your mouth. But harmful bacteria have been linked to a host of health problems. Medical scientist Glenda Davison and microbiologist Yvonne Prince, who have researched the oral cavity, explain ...
Oct 3, 2023
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The notion that diet and health are inextricably linked is hardly novel. For millennia, people have known that poor nutrition is responsible for many health problems. But the precise mechanisms that explain just how diet ...
Jun 28, 2023
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Zhengzheng Shi and colleagues at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan report the effects of a common herbal remedy on colitis, one of two conditions that comprise inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). ...
Aug 19, 2022
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In a new study, researchers at Cedars-Sinai found that antibiotics have sex-specific effects on the gut microbiome makeup of male and female laboratory rats. The findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, ...
Jul 20, 2022
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The microbes that help break down food actually tell the gut how to do its job better, according to a new study in mice at Duke.
May 13, 2022
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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 ...
Aug 12, 2021
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Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem demonstrated in mice that intestinal bacteria reprogram DNA activity in cells of the gut mucosa and thus have a considerable impact ...
Mar 5, 2020
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How we prepare food matters to us, surprisingly deeply, it turns out.
Oct 3, 2019
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In a new study published 29th August in PLOS Genetics, Federico Rey of the University of Wisconsin—Madison and colleagues identified genetic variants in mice that impact the levels of different bile acids as well as the ...
Aug 29, 2019
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Although the mutually beneficial relationship between human beings and gut microbes is clear, how we—the host—affect the functions of gut microbial communities remains poorly understood.
Aug 19, 2019
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