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A study conducted at MIT, published in Cell Host & Microbe, investigated the role of adaptive mutations in the gut microbiome of healthy people.
Obesity could affect pregnancy, researchers say. A new study may shed light on the link between maternal obesity and metabolic conditions in the progeny.
According to a study published in Cell Host & Microbe, a skin protein that protects skin from infections needs vitamin A to work.
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.
The relationship between bacteria and cancer is more and more investigated. We discuss it with Laurence Zitvogel, oncologist at the Institut Gustave Roussy.
According to a recent study, the gut microbiota could determine remittance or pro-inflammatory conditions in multiple sclerosis.
Does the space environment affect the composition of the human microbiota? A large study published in Science sheds light on the question.
Bacteria are critical in determining the outcome of surgical procedure. We talked about this with James Kinross from the Imperial College London.
Scientists have traced how the interplay of different species of Staphylococcus bacteria on the skin could influence the severity of skin eczema.
Researchers at the University of Michigan developed a mouse model that recapitulates many hallmarks of gut inflammation seen in people with Crohn’s disease.
Researchers have figured out how specific strains of Enterococcus faecalis became a deadly pathogen, causing a series of deadly infections in the mid 1980s.
Researchers have found that several strains of bacteria, including the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus, can influence the healing of diabetic foot ulcers.
Intestinal microbiota might be linked to neurodevelopment in early childhood, a new study published in JAMA Network Open finds.
Researchers from the University of Trento have found that specific changes in gut microbiota composition are associated with colorectal cancer.
What characteristics will the probiotics of the future have? We asked Antonio Gasbarrini, director of CEMAD at the Policlinico Gemelli.
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.
Scientists have found that even in healthy people, many mouth microbes are able to reach the gut and colonize it. The study was published in the journal eLife.
A common fungus found on skin may worsen symptoms of IBD in people with a particular genetic make-up, scientists report in Cell Host and Microbe.
At weaning, changes in the gut microbiota trigger an immune reaction that is important for preventing allergies and other inflammatory diseases later in life.
