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Gut: Also known as, the gastrointestinal tract, is an organ system within humans and other animals. It takes in food, digests it to extract, and absorb energy and nutrients, and expels the remaining waste as feces. The mouth, esophagus, stomach and intestines are part of the gastrointestinal tract.
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MAY 20, 2019Microbiology
Stress can have a detrimental effect on our health, and appears to contribute to the development of autoimmune diseases.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 18, 2019Microbiology
A link between the gut microbiome and Alzheimer's disease may help researchers treat the disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2019Microbiology
Many things can disrupt the microbiome, like antibiotics or host genetics. But there are other influences at work.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2019Genetics & Genomics
How does the test work? How was it developed? What does the test tell us? Researchers have deve ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaMAY 14, 2019Cancer
Have you ever heard of E171? Otherwise known as titanium dioxide nanoparticles, E171 is a common additive in foods and m ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 06, 2019Genetics & Genomics
As we learn more about the effects of small changes in the genome, we are getting closer to personalizing treatments and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 01, 2019Microbiology
A parasitic amoeba that causes a gut disease can nibble on host cells and use their proteins. (Image courtesy UC Davis/H ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 30, 2019Microbiology
While hospitals are intended to be places of healing, people can acquire nasty infections with drug-resistant bacteria d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2019Microbiology
Bacteria are all around us. They live on and inside of our bodies, and those microbes are able to easily share genes wit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 17, 2019Plants & Animals
Animal conservationists frequently attach GPS tracking tags to animals to better understand their lifestyles and movemen ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 17, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Identical twins offer scientists a unique way to look at the effects of the environment on human health.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
The gut can sense when thirst has been sated, and whether a drink is salty.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2019Immunology
Our understanding of the brain-gut connection is increasing by the day. Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ...Written By: Aleishia Harris-ArnoldAPR 15, 2019Plants & Animals
It seems like each passing day brings a new wave of animal conservationists warning the world about the risk of a specif ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 10, 2019Health & Medicine
In a study published in February in the journal, Nature researchers report more evidence that microbial diversity ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaAPR 09, 2019Microbiology
Researchers want to identify and characterize the microbes hosted by the human body to understanding how they impact our ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Yeast carry a mutation hotspots, and can adapt within a host to spread to adapt to new environments.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 02, 2019Plants & Animals
The world’s oceans are supposed to be a haven for marine wildlife, but have instead become some of humankind&rsquo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 27, 2019Cannabis Sciences
We have touched upon the different aspects of the "high" experienced through marijuana edibles (brownies, cook ...Written By: Amy LoriauxMAR 27, 2019Microbiology
Probiotics are easily available and have been promoted to consumers. It seems that they may be able to change once inges ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2019Health & Medicine
The controversy over eating eggs and the impact they have on blood cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, and mortali ...Written By: Dena ArutaMAR 05, 2019Microbiology
A common type of fungus, Malassezia yeasts, have been found in the gut, and may make disease worse for people with IBD.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 04, 2019Microbiology
The foundations of our microbiome are laid very early, and can have a lifelong impact on our health.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 26, 2019Cancer
A recent review in the Annals of Internal Medicine compared 30 studies on at-home colon cancer tests called FITs (f ...Written By: Amy Loriaux
MAY 20, 2019
Microbiology
Stress can have a detrimental effect on our health, and appears to contribute to the development of autoimmune diseases.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 18, 2019
Microbiology
A link between the gut microbiome and Alzheimer's disease may help researchers treat the disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2019
Microbiology
Many things can disrupt the microbiome, like antibiotics or host genetics. But there are other influences at work.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
How does the test work? How was it developed? What does the test tell us? Researchers have deve
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
MAY 14, 2019
Cancer
Have you ever heard of E171? Otherwise known as titanium dioxide nanoparticles, E171 is a common additive in foods and m
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 06, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
As we learn more about the effects of small changes in the genome, we are getting closer to personalizing treatments and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2019
Microbiology
A parasitic amoeba that causes a gut disease can nibble on host cells and use their proteins. (Image courtesy UC Davis/H
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 30, 2019
Microbiology
While hospitals are intended to be places of healing, people can acquire nasty infections with drug-resistant bacteria d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2019
Microbiology
Bacteria are all around us. They live on and inside of our bodies, and those microbes are able to easily share genes wit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 17, 2019
Plants & Animals
Animal conservationists frequently attach GPS tracking tags to animals to better understand their lifestyles and movemen
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 17, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Identical twins offer scientists a unique way to look at the effects of the environment on human health.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
The gut can sense when thirst has been sated, and whether a drink is salty.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2019
Immunology
Our understanding of the brain-gut connection is increasing by the day. Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
...
Written By:
Aleishia Harris-Arnold
APR 15, 2019
Plants & Animals
It seems like each passing day brings a new wave of animal conservationists warning the world about the risk of a specif
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 10, 2019
Health & Medicine
In a study published in February in the journal, Nature researchers report more evidence that microbial diversity
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
APR 09, 2019
Microbiology
Researchers want to identify and characterize the microbes hosted by the human body to understanding how they impact our
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Yeast carry a mutation hotspots, and can adapt within a host to spread to adapt to new environments.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 02, 2019
Plants & Animals
The world’s oceans are supposed to be a haven for marine wildlife, but have instead become some of humankind&rsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 27, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
We have touched upon the different aspects of the "high" experienced through marijuana edibles (brownies, cook
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
MAR 27, 2019
Microbiology
Probiotics are easily available and have been promoted to consumers. It seems that they may be able to change once inges
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2019
Health & Medicine
The controversy over eating eggs and the impact they have on blood cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, and mortali
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
MAR 05, 2019
Microbiology
A common type of fungus, Malassezia yeasts, have been found in the gut, and may make disease worse for people with IBD.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 04, 2019
Microbiology
The foundations of our microbiome are laid very early, and can have a lifelong impact on our health.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 26, 2019
Cancer
A recent review in the Annals of Internal Medicine compared 30 studies on at-home colon cancer tests called FITs (f
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux