gut microbiota

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.

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