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Diet and eating timing can shape the quantity and behavior of gut microbes in similar ways, even when the specific bacteria present are very different.
Colorectal cancer has a robust microbiota signature that could help inform risk assessment, screening tools, and prevention strategies.
Stress can impair blood-forming stem cells through a brain-gut-bone marrow pathway, making them produce fewer mature immune cells.
Chloé Melchior, from Rouen University Hospital, France, explains why gastroenterologists and general practitioners should be able to recognize ARFID and adapt their therapeutic strategies accordingly.
People living together shared more oral and gut strains than unrelated people, with romantic partners showing especially high sharing of mouth microbes.
The microbial changes associated with FMT are accompanied by increases in bile acids and reductions in inflammatory signals, which may help explain the antidepressant effect
Tim Vanuytsel, Associate Professor and gastroenterologist at UZ Leuven, explores why research should look beyond the colon, particularly given the early onset of symptoms after food intake in many patients.
Gut microbes help shape early gut immunity by controlling access to dietary vitamin A, which helps T cells mature and settle in the gut.
Reducing TIP60 in the liver of obese mice reduced intestinal fat absorption. It also lowered uric acid, increased the levels of L. johnsonii, improved blood sugar levels, and reduced liver…
Travelling with researchers through southern Italy, Percorsi nel Gusto 2026 connected the science of the gut microbiome with the farms, food traditions and communities behind a dietary pattern too often…
UCLA’s Lisa Chang explores differences in bowel habits, intestinal transit and pain, discussing how these factors relate to microbial composition and function.
Microbiota-targeted approaches that boost specific SCFAs could help prevent harmful Candida overgrowth in vulnerable people.
Targeting TLR5 could offer a new way to treat or prevent IPF by correcting harmful lung microbiota changes after injury.
Lukas Michaja Balsiger, KU Leuven, discusses findings linking upper abdominal bloating more closely to functional dyspepsia and lower abdominal bloating to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Tumor microbiotas appear mainly in cancers of the mouth and digestive tract.
Diabetes prevention needs to account for diet-microbiota interactions, because some gut microbes appear to predict diabetes risk differently depending on fiber intake.
William Fusco, Policlinico Gemelli, discusses the gut fermentation syndrome, a rare condition arising when ethanol-producing bacteria or fungi in the gut generate excessive amounts of alcohol from dietary carbohydrates.
Monitoring or reshaping the gut microbiota after adenoma removal could become part of future strategies to reduce colorectal cancer risk.
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.
