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Endocrinology, Pediatrics
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.
Neuroscience
According to a recent study, the gut microbiota could determine remittance or pro-inflammatory conditions in multiple sclerosis.
Scientific research
Does the space environment affect the composition of the human microbiota? A large study published in Science sheds light on the question.
Dermatology
Scientists have traced how the interplay of different species of Staphylococcus bacteria on the skin could influence the severity of skin eczema.
Gastroenterology
Researchers at the University of Michigan developed a mouse model that recapitulates many hallmarks of gut inflammation seen in people with Crohn’s disease.
Gastroenterology, Infectiology
Researchers have figured out how specific strains of Enterococcus faecalis became a deadly pathogen, causing a series of deadly infections in the mid 1980s.
Dermatology, Endocrinology
Researchers have found that several strains of bacteria, including the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus, can influence the healing of diabetic foot ulcers.
Neuroscience
Intestinal microbiota might be linked to neurodevelopment in early childhood, a new study published in JAMA Network Open finds.
Oncology
Researchers from the University of Trento have found that specific changes in gut microbiota composition are associated with colorectal cancer.
Scientific research
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.