gut microbiota
Dermatology
Scientists have traced how the interplay of different species of Staphylococcus bacteria on the skin could influence the severity of skin eczema.
Gastroenterology
Researchers at the University of Michigan developed a mouse model that recapitulates many hallmarks of gut inflammation seen in people with Crohn’s disease.
Gastroenterology, Infectiology
Researchers have figured out how specific strains of Enterococcus faecalis became a deadly pathogen, causing a series of deadly infections in the mid 1980s.
Neuroscience
Intestinal microbiota might be linked to neurodevelopment in early childhood, a new study published in JAMA Network Open finds.
Oncology
Researchers from the University of Trento have found that specific changes in gut microbiota composition are associated with colorectal cancer.
Gastroenterology, Video
What characteristics will the probiotics of the future have? We asked Antonio Gasbarrini, director of CEMAD at the Policlinico Gemelli.
Scientific research
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.
Gastroenterology
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.
Gastroenterology
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.
Immunology
At weaning, changes in the gut microbiota trigger an immune reaction that is important for preventing allergies and other inflammatory diseases later in life.