Giorgia Guglielmi
Gastroenterology
Researchers have engineered yeast to produce and deliver antibodies that neutralize the two bacterial toxins that cause tissue damage.
Gastroenterology
Diets high in fat and sugar cause colon inflammation by disrupting the gut microbiota. A study published in Science Translational Medicine claims.
Gastroenterology
A diet rich in tryptophan shifted the microbiota composition to produce more molecules that are able to reduce gluten-related inflammation..
Gastroenterology, Neuroscience
The alcohol use disorder can induce changes in the gut microbiota. The administration of prebiotics could decrease the risk of relapse in alcohol addiction.
Gastroenterology
A new study, pubblished in Current Biology, claims that understanding Faecalibacterium diversity could help to choose strains suitable as probiotics.
Gastroenterology, Neuroscience
A new study, published in Cell Metabolism, suggests that targeting the gut microbiota could help to treat memory impairment, in particular in obese people.
Neuroscience, Nutrition
Some studies have underlined some differences in the gut microbial composition of people with anorexia and healthy individuals.
Gynecology, Neuroscience
A new study published in Nature claims that specific bacteria that live in a mother’s gut produce molecules that influence the wiring of the fetal brain.
Scientific research
In a Perspective published in Science, surgeon-scientist Jennifer Wargo explores recent advances in modulating the microbial community within the human gut.
Oncology
A new study published in Science claims that some gut microbes produce a metabolite that boosts the effect of a class of cancer drugs.