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Gut microbiota in the first 2 years of life is associated with body mass index at age 12

The infant gut microbiota may have the potential to help identify children at risk for obesity. These are the conclusions of a study published in mBio.

Gut microbes could shape the course of multiple sclerosis

According to a recent study, the gut microbiota could determine remittance or pro-inflammatory conditions in multiple sclerosis.

How the microbiome changes in the space environment

Does the space environment affect the composition of the human microbiota? A large study published in Science sheds light on the question.

Imbalance of Staphylococcus bacteria could be responsible for skin damage and inflammation

Scientists have traced how the interplay of different species of Staphylococcus bacteria on the skin could influence the severity of skin eczema.

A better mouse model for inflammatory bowel disease

Researchers at the University of Michigan developed a mouse model that recapitulates many hallmarks of gut inflammation seen in people with Crohn’s disease.

How a beneficial gut microbe became a deadly pathogen

Researchers have figured out how specific strains of Enterococcus faecalis became a deadly pathogen, causing a series of deadly infections in the mid 1980s.

Common bacteria could influence wound healing

Researchers have found that several strains of bacteria, including the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus, can influence the healing of diabetic foot ulcers.

The gut microbiota could be linked with early life neurodevelopment

Intestinal microbiota might be linked to neurodevelopment in early childhood, a new study published in JAMA Network Open finds.

Gut microbes could be used to predict colorectal cancer

Researchers from the University of Trento have found that specific changes in gut microbiota composition are associated with colorectal cancer.

Family and close friends share mouth and gut bacteria

Social contacts shape the composition of the human microbiota. That’s according to a study by Ilana Brito of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, et al.

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