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Gut microbes could boost the activity of immune cells

The gut microbiota could boost the activity of immune cells. That's according to a new study published in the journal Immunity.

How engineered bacteria could help cancer therapy

Researchers have engineered bacteria that can colonize tumors and deliver immunotherapy drugs. The study was published in Nature Medicine.

Gut microbes could influence neurodegenerative disease progression

A new study, published in Nature, shows a functional link between the gut microbiota and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ASL).

Antibiotics can leave the lungs susceptible to flu virus infections

The gut microbiota help to maintain a first line of defense against influenza, while antibiotics can leave the lungs vulnerable, a new study claims.

The role of short-chain fatty acids in the gut-brain axis

Scientists at KU Leuven summarized existing data on how SCFAs regulate the gut–brain axis, including the impact on the immune, endocrine and neural systems.

Gut microbes influence tolerance to opioids

Intestinal microbiota could be a therapeutic target for preventing and managing tolerance to opioids.

How gut microbes regulate fat tissue in obesity

According to a study published in Science Translational Medicine, the gut microbiota could regulate fat tissue and therefore play a key role in obesity.

Gut microbes can convert type A blood to a universally accepted type

Two enzymes produced by gut microbiota can convert the blood type A into 0. The findings may improve the capacity of blood banks.

MIBIOC: the 1st international conference dedicated to microbiota in oncology

"MIBIOC - The way of the microbiota in cancer" - IRCCS National Cancer Institute, Milan, 21-22th November 2019.

Gut bacteria metabolize Parkinson’s disease medication

Specific gut bacteria break down levodopa, which is used to treat Parkinson’s. This could lead to the development of new levodopa therapies.

Study shows how irritable bowel diseases disrupt the gut microbiota

IBD: a study, published in Nature, for the first time analyzed the chemical and molecular events that disrupt the gut microbiota during flare-ups.

Gut bacteria linked to autism symptoms in mice

A study published in Cell provides further support to the idea that the microbes found in the gut of people with autism could have a role in their symptoms.

Gut bacteria could change how people respond to drugs

The gut microbiota could determine how we respond to drugs. The findings, published in Nature, could lead to ways of making medications work better.

Regulating the gut microbiota could improve anxiety symptoms

Modulating the gut microbiota may help to ease anxiety, according to a study published in General Psychiatry.

Antibiotics improve Alzheimer’s disease symptoms in male mice

According to a new study published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine, antibiotic treatment reduces Alzheimer’s disease symptoms.

Cutaneous and intestinal dysbiosis cause skin inflammatory diseases

Imbalances of microbes, which are normally present on the skin, are one of the main subjects raised during the 24thCongress of Dermatology.

Scientists explore the causal role of gut microbiota in food allergy

Rates of food allergy in children are spiking and it’s not certain why this increase in prevalence has occurred. The gut microbiome could play a role.

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Findings suggest that B. fragilis adapts within healthy individuals microbiomes

A study conducted at MIT, published in Cell Host & Microbe, investigated the role of adaptive mutations in the gut microbiome of healthy people.

Maternal obesity could affect placental and fetal gut development

Obesity could affect pregnancy, researchers say. A new study may shed light on the link between maternal obesity and metabolic conditions in the progeny.

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