skin microbiota
In order to manipulate the human microbiotas to help treat disease, scientists have to gather information about the identities of microbes and their location and arrangement in different body sites.
Antibiotics can alter the skin microbiota and lead to the emergence of antibiotic resistance. A new study published in Science Translational Medicine.
Restoring a baby’s natural exposure to maternal vaginal microbes after a C-section birth can normalize the development of the microbiota in newborn.
Immune cells called group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are responsible for triggering a response when bacteria and viruses breach the skin.
A bacterial strain, called Staphylococcus hominis A9, inhibited the expression of a S. aureus toxin that promotes inflammation in atopic dermatitis.
Some C. acnes strains harbored genes that encoded a molecule similar in structure to a known antibiotic called berninamycin.
Researchers have found that skin microbiota plays a key role in wound-healing processes.
A new study published in Science Translational Medicine reveals why EGFR inhibitors, which are approved to treat cancers such as lung and colorectal cancer, cause severe skin side effects.
A study reviewed the evidences that link the microbiota with social behaviors, analyzing how the microbiota-gut-brain axis influences sociability.
Consuming pomegranate can alter the skin microbiota and confer resistance to UVB-induced damage, a study published in Scientific Reports claims.
