gut microbiota

Imbalance of Staphylococcus bacteria could be responsible for skin damage and inflammation

Scientists have traced how the interplay of different species of Staphylococcus bacteria on the skin could influence the severity of skin eczema.

A better mouse model for inflammatory bowel disease

Researchers at the University of Michigan developed a mouse model that recapitulates many hallmarks of gut inflammation seen in people with Crohn’s disease.

How a beneficial gut microbe became a deadly pathogen

Researchers have figured out how specific strains of Enterococcus faecalis became a deadly pathogen, causing a series of deadly infections in the mid 1980s.

The gut microbiota could be linked with early life neurodevelopment

Intestinal microbiota might be linked to neurodevelopment in early childhood, a new study published in JAMA Network Open finds.

Gut microbes could be used to predict colorectal cancer

Researchers from the University of Trento have found that specific changes in gut microbiota composition are associated with colorectal cancer.

Antonio Gasbarrini (Cemad): ‘Great expectations for the next generation probiotics’

What characteristics will the probiotics of the future have? We asked Antonio Gasbarrini, director of CEMAD at the Policlinico Gemelli.

Family and close friends share mouth and gut bacteria

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.

Many gut microbes could come from the mouth

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.

Skin-dwelling fungus could play a role in inflammatory bowel disease

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.

Changes in the gut microbiota at weaning could prevent inflammatory diseases

At weaning, changes in the gut microbiota trigger an immune reaction that is important for preventing allergies and other inflammatory diseases later in life.

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