Using a specially designed capsule, researchers can now voyage through the digestive system, collecting new data about digestion and microorganisms. The work by a team including researchers at the University of California, ...
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Around 500 to 1,000 different types of bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms colonize our intestines. All of them together form the intestinal microbiome. As we now know, these microbes play an important role in maintaining ...
Nov 30, 2021
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You may think that artificial sweeteners can help you lose some weight, but a new study finds they are no good for your gut's microbiome.
Jan 3, 2024
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In a study by a research group at Baylor College of Medicine, oral administration of a commercially available probiotic bacterial strain was found to improve dry eye disease in an animal model. The findings were presented ...
Jun 18, 2023
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The microbiome in our intestine plays a vital role in people's health and the immune system Any lack of balance there has not only been linked to chronic inflammatory intestinal inflammation, but also type 2 diabetes and ...
Feb 13, 2019
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There is a growing consensus that the gut microbiome is involved in many aspects of physical and mental health, including the onset of Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and even some behaviors. The microbiota of the ...
Feb 13, 2020
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As food enters the intestine, it embarks on windy, lengthy journey. For most of the route, its surroundings don't appear to change much. But new research from Rockefeller's Daniel Mucida shows that the food-processing canal ...
May 24, 2019
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Researchers at Cedars-Sinai have found that aging produces significant changes in the microbiome of the human small intestine distinct from those caused by medications or illness burden. The findings have been published in ...
Oct 4, 2021
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Intestinal bacteria operate as a self-sufficient organ: they influence the immune system and the brain via their metabolites.
Mar 11, 2020
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Bacterial diversity in the gut plays an important role in human health. The crucial question, however, is where are the sources of this diversity?
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