gut microbiota
Gastroenterology, Immunology
Microbial transplants could be used as a non-invasive and safe strategy to manipulate the gut microbiota, which has been linked to HIV infection.
Gastroenterology
Common gut fungi called Debaryomyces hansenii can influence the severity of Crohn’s disease and other inflammatory bowel diseases.
Pediatrics
Microbial and fungal communities interactions shape the gut microbiota in preterm babies. The findings could help to develop microbiota interventions.
Gastroenterology, Neuroscience
The alterations in gut microbial composition could play a role in the gastrointestinal complications associated with Parkinson’s disease.
Nutrition
The gut microbiota make-up could determine whether a person will benefit from the beneficial effects of the Mediterranean diet.
Oncology
Probiotics such as Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium can activate a person’s immune system and improve the response to some anti-cancer therapies.
Scientific research
The way gut bacteria increase their access to nutrients by adhering to food particles, could advance the development of microbiota-based diagnostics.
Scientific research
The Gut Phage Database, within more than 140,000 viral species, is a blueprint to guide ecological and evolutionary analysis in future virome studies.
Geriatrics
Microbiota changes in advanced age may not simply be diagnostic of healthy aging, but they could also contribute to health as people become older.
Gastroenterology
Intestinal infections ‘train’ the gut microbiota to produce taurine, which promotes the growth of protective gut bacteria.