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Engineered yeast can treat deadly gut infection in mice

Researchers have engineered yeast to produce and deliver antibodies that neutralize the two bacterial toxins that cause tissue damage.

Sugar-rich diets can disrupt the gut microbiota, increase the risk of colon inflammation

Diets high in fat and sugar cause colon inflammation by disrupting the gut microbiota. A study published in Science Translational Medicine claims.

How gut microbes could trigger celiac disease

A diet rich in tryptophan shifted the microbiota composition to produce more molecules that are able to reduce gluten-related inflammation..

How the microbiota leads to altered behavior in alcohol addiction

The alcohol use disorder can induce changes in the gut microbiota. The administration of prebiotics could decrease the risk of relapse in alcohol addiction.

Faecalibacterium diversity associates with age, lifestyle, and disease

A new study, pubblished in Current Biology, claims that understanding Faecalibacterium diversity could help to choose strains suitable as probiotics.

Obesity could shorten memory recall through the action of specific gut microbes

A new study, published in Cell Metabolism, suggests that targeting the gut microbiota could help to treat memory impairment, in particular in obese people.

Imbalance in gut microbes may contribute to anorexia

Some studies have underlined some differences in the gut microbial composition of people with anorexia and healthy individuals.

A mother’s gut microbes could influence brain development in the offspring

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.

Modifying the gut microbiota: the past, the present, and the future

In a Perspective published in Science, surgeon-scientist Jennifer Wargo explores recent advances in modulating the microbial community within the human gut.

How gut bacteria boost cancer immunotherapy

A new study published in Science claims that some gut microbes produce a metabolite that boosts the effect of a class of cancer drugs.

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