Scientific News
Repeated head impacts, even if minor, can have biological effects.
Guy Boeckxstaens of KU Leuven explains how mast cells may alter pain signalling through IgE dependent responses to food antigens and activation of the MRGPRX2 receptor.
The results may inform programs to preserve microbial diversity while delivering essential care.
Targeting deoxycholic acid (DCA)-producing gut bacteria could be a way to slow breast cancer progression.
Nathalie Vergnolle (Inserm, France) discussed the potential role of proteases in altering the intestinal mucus layer in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Microbiota-derived molecules such as IPA may offer a way to strengthen early-life immunity against respiratory viruses.
Monitoring the gut microbiota could in the future help understand, diagnose, or manage Sjögren syndrome.
William Fusco, gastroenterologist at Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, discusses the role of peppermint oil in the management of disorders of gut–brain interaction.
Microbial communities may be engineered at the protein-expression level because bacteria adjust their protein production in response to specific neighbors.
Sangeribacter muris KT1-3 made sepsis deadlier by amplifying inflammation driven by TLR4.
Maria Rescigno presents a preclinical study investigating a non-absorbable antibiotic with eubiotic properties in a mouse model of gastrointestinal toxicity induced by the chemotherapeutic agent 5-fluorouracil (5-FU).
If the soil microbiome is the first link in a chain that terminates in human health, then agricultural policy is health policy.
MOZAIC, an AI model designed to compare donor and recipients microbiotas, predicted the microbiota convergence after FMT with an accuracy of about 80%.
The findings highlight TnAse producing gut microbiota, indole, and AhR as promising therapeutic targets for IBS-associated affective disturbances.
According to Stephen Michael Collins, McMaster University, these vesicles may represent not only a new component of the microbiota–gut–brain axis, but also a promising platform for future targeted drug, vaccine…
Restoring missing maternal microbes after C-section birth could be a new strategy to support early neurodevelopment.
The work of Angela Sessitsch, Head of Center at Austrian Institute of Technology, shows that environmental pressures such as drought can substantially reshape the plant microbiome.
Microbes migrating from the mouth to the gut may play a role in gastric cancer and could become targets for diagnosis or treatment.
Lactobacillus salivarius can make cancer immunotherapy less effective by producing indole-3-lactic acid (ILA), that weakens the body’s anti-tumor immune response.
Early interventions targeting the infant gut microbiota, especially in babies born by C-section, may reduce the probability of neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism.
