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Scientists Identify How Harmless Gut Bacteria “Turn Bad”

February 15, 2021
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Bath, UK — An international team of scientists has determined how harmless E. coli gut bacteria in chickens can easily pick up the genes required to evolve to cause a life-threatening infection. Their...

How Bacteria Adhere to Fiber in the Gut

September 1, 2020
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Basel, Switzerland — Researchers have revealed a new molecular mechanism by which bacteria adhere to cellulose fibers in the human gut. Thanks to two different binding modes, they can withstand the...

Swallowing Colonoscopy-Like Bacteria Grabber could Reveal Secrets About Your Health

August 13, 2020
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West Lafayette, IN — Your gut bacteria could say a lot about you, such as why you’re diabetic or how you respond to certain drugs. But scientists can see only so much of the gastrointestinal...

Microbiome Confers Resistance to Cholera

June 30, 2020
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Riverside, CA — Cholera can kill within hours if left untreated, and it sickens as many as 4 million people a year. In a new article in the journal Cell, researchers describe how gut bacteria helps...

Pioneering Research Reveals Certain Human Genes Relate to Gut Bacteria

June 23, 2020
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Bristol, UK — The role genetics and gut bacteria play in human health has long been a fruitful source of scientific enquiry, but new research marks a significant step forward in unraveling this complex...

Study Ties Stroke-Related Brain Blood Vessel Abnormality to Gut Bacteria

June 5, 2020
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Bethesda, MD — In a nationwide study, NIH funded researchers found that the presence of abnormal bundles of brittle blood vessels in the brain or spinal cord, called cavernous angiomas (CA), are linked...

Study Shows Patients With Hemorrhagic Brain Disease Have Disordered Gut Microbiomes

May 27, 2020
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Chicago, IL — A new study shows that people with a rare genetic disease that causes bleeding in the brain have gut microbiomes distinct from those without the disease. Moreover, it is the molecules...

Fatty Meal Interrupts Gut’s Communication with Body, But Why?

December 19, 2019
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Durham, NC — A high-fat meal can silence communication between the intestine and the rest of the body, according to a new Duke University study in zebrafish. While using the fish to examine cells...

Sugar Binges Increase Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Study Suggests

November 14, 2019
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Edmonton, Canada — Short-term increases in sugar consumption could increase the risk of inflammatory bowel disease and have a significant impact on our health, a new study out of the University of...

Bats Don’t Rely on Gut Bacteria the Way Humans Do, Says Study

November 13, 2019
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Chicago, IL — Right now, there are trillions of bacteria living in your gut, making up about one percent of your body weight. They’re supposed to be there–we need them to help us digest...

Researchers Identify Molecule Linking Weight Gain to Gut Bacteria

September 30, 2019
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Dallas, TX — UT Southwestern researchers have found a key driver of the crosstalk that helps synchronize the absorption of nutrients in the gut with the rhythms of the Earth’s day-night light...

Understanding Gut Bacteria: Forces for Good (and Sometimes Evil)

September 12, 2019
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Washington, DC — Back in 2015, an interdisciplinary group of research scientists made their case during a business pitch competition: They want to create a subscription-based service, much like 23andMe,...

Precision Editing of Gut Bacteria Reduces Cancer in Mice

August 1, 2019
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Dallas, TX — UT Southwestern researchers have shown that precision editing of the bacterial populations in the gut reduces inflammation-associated colorectal cancer in mice. The study published...

Transplanting Gut Bacteria Alters Depression-Related Behaviour, Brain Inflammation in Animals

May 7, 2019
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Philadelphia, PA — Scientists have shown that transplanting gut bacteria, from an animal that is vulnerable to social stress to a non-stressed animal, can cause vulnerable behavior in the recipient....

Green Tea Cuts Obesity, Health Risks in Mice

March 14, 2019
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Columbus, OH — Green tea cut obesity and a number of inflammatory biomarkers linked with poor health in a new study. Mice fed a diet of 2 percent green tea extract fared far better than those that...

Faecal Microbiota Transplantation Helps Restore Beneficial Bacteria in Cancer Patients

September 27, 2018
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New York, NY — Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have shown that autologous faecal microbiota transplantation (auto-FMT) is a safe and effective way to help replenish beneficial...

Single Genetic Change in Gut Bacteria Alters Host Metabolism

July 17, 2018
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Boston, MA — Scientists have found that deleting a single gene in a particular strain of gut bacteria causes changes in metabolism and reduced weight gain in mice, according to a study in the journ...

The Secret to Longevity is in the Microbiome and the Gut

May 31, 2018
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Montreal, QC, Canada — You are what you eat. Or so the saying goes. Science now tells us that we are what the bacteria living in our intestinal tract eat and this could have an influence on how well...

Antibiotic Use Increases Risk of Severe Viral Disease in Mice

March 27, 2018
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St. Louis, MO — A study has shown that mice are more susceptible to severe West Nile disease if they have recently taken antibiotics that change the make-up of their gut bacterial community.

Social Stress Leads to Changes in Gut Bacteria, Study Finds

March 9, 2018
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Atlanta, GA — Exposure to psychological stress in the form of social conflict alters gut bacteria in Syrian hamsters, according to a new study by Georgia State University.

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