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Prof. Lars Engstrand from the Karolinska Institutet, in Stockholm, Sweden, explains how studying the vaginal microbiota could impact on reproductive medicine.
A Swiss study suggests that some specific nose bacteria are related to the duration of colds and cough in children.
The gut microbiota reduces the production of retinoic acid, a metabolite of vitamin A, to regulate immune activity and prevent pathogens.
Researchers from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, in Italy, reviewed the scientific literature on the link between gut microbiota and aging.
According to J. Kinross, from Imperial College London, there's an urgent need to understand the role of the intestinal microbiome in the etiology of cancer.
Lactic-acid-producing bacteria support the regeneration of the gut lining by promoting the growth and differentiation of intestinal stem cells.
According to Prof. Ted Dinan, who has been investigating the brain-intestinal axis for years, the gut microbiota plays a role in the genesis of depression.
Fecal microbiota transplantation can be safely done either with lyophilized or frozen product, found a clinical trial published in the journal PLOS ONE.
The lower airway microbiota forms within the first 2 months of life, influenced by the gestational age at birth and, in premature babies, the delivery mode.
Commensal gut microbes are inherited from parents and change little over generations, whereas pathogens tend to be transmitted between non-kin individuals.
We discuss how microbiota could represent a resource for the development of new therapies for cancer patients with prof. Nissan Yissachar (Israel).
Lactobacillus reuteri can improve social behavior in different mouse models of autism spectrum disorder, researchers have found.
Dysbiosis may be involved in drug-resistant epilepsy and the restoration of gut microbiota may be a novel therapeutic method for drug-resistant epilepsy.
Antonio Gasbarrini, director of CEMAD at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, explains how the microbiome clinics will help us against a variety of diseases.
A group of cell-wall sugar molecules stimulate the production of pTreg cells, which reduce inflammation and prevent autoimmunity.
A gut dysbiosis leads to an increase in proline, which gives C. difficile a competitive advantage and favors the development of the infection.
Scott Snapper, professor at Harvard Medical School, talks about IBD and therapeutic possibilities based on the manipulation of the intestinal microbiota.
Exosome-like nanoparticles derived from plants contain RNAs that regulate gut microbiota composition and impact on the gut barrier function.
The microbiota of a cancerous pancreas is different and larger than that of a non-cancerous pancreas, according to a study published in Cancer Discovery.
Integrare la dieta dei cani con prebiotici riduce le concentrazioni dei prodotti fermentativi nocivi derivanti da diete iperproteiche.
