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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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APR 27, 2017Plants & Animals
Among an indigenous group of people in the Amazon region of Bolivia, atherosclerosis is practically nonexistent, wh ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 27, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Abnormal levels and types of gut bacteria may be behind chronic fatigue syndrome, researchers report. The findings add t ...APR 26, 2017Immunology
Eating a diet that includes foods containing soy protein may work to alleviate some symptoms of inflammatory bowl diseas ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 26, 2017Videos
Did you know that no two people's farts smell the same? Where do farts come from? What are they made of? How much weight ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 25, 2017Earth & The Environment
Eighty million tons of plastic polyethylene are produced every year and much of those once-used plastic bags and packagi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 24, 2017Health & Medicine
New research suggests that excess sugar—especially the fructose in sugary drinks—might damage your brain. Re ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 24, 2017Health & Medicine
Gut bacteria could influence whether or not babies survive infections of the digestive system, new research with mice su ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 23, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have reported interesting new evidence that upends common knowledge about gut nerve cells.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2017Microbiology
Researchers have collected enough evidence to know that the community of microbes that resides in out gastrointestinal t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
The gut microbiome is increasingly recognized as a vital player in the development of colon cancer. And now, this microb ...APR 19, 2017Microbiology
Secretory IgA molecules are the antibodies that help protect our intestines from pathogens. Researchers from ETH Zurich ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 13, 2017Cancer
The onset of colon cancer may be tied to antibiotic use, reported scientists. The importance of the microbiome has only ...APR 12, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
It's known that the amount of inflammation-related molecules in the blood increases and becomes a strong risk factor for ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 08, 2017Immunology
Does owning a family pet decrease the risk of your baby developing allergies and becoming obese? Maybe. Building on year ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 07, 2017Microbiology
Researchers at Rice University are putting bacteria to work as biosensors of gut inflammation. Gut inflammation i ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 06, 2017Microbiology
Breast milk is known to supply infants with important nutrition and immunity; new work indicates it also supports the he ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 05, 2017Cancer
The composition of microorganisms in a person’s mouth could affect more than just their breath and dental health. ...MAR 28, 2017Videos
We can all agree that the teenage years don't necessarily have the best reputation in terms of angst and confusion and j ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 22, 2017Microbiology
Last week, I shared a story about how antibiotics are affecting honeybees. Honeybees are susceptible to a bacterial infe ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 21, 2017Videos
While microbes reside virtually everywhere, there has been intense research interest in microbes residing in one place i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Science could initiate an update in a lot of biology textbooks. Mammals can keep metabolism in chec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 17, 2017Microbiology
Antibiotics are bad for bees! Most of us think of antibiotics as good things - drugs that help treat infections a ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 15, 2017Immunology
Immune cells must be able to differentiate between good bacteria and bad bacteria to maximize the body’s ch ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 14, 2017Cancer
When medical professionals are targeting a patient’s cancer, the goal is first to eliminate the cancer and if that ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Among an indigenous group of people in the Amazon region of Bolivia, atherosclerosis is practically nonexistent, wh
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 27, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Abnormal levels and types of gut bacteria may be behind chronic fatigue syndrome, researchers report. The findings add t
...
APR 26, 2017
Immunology
Eating a diet that includes foods containing soy protein may work to alleviate some symptoms of inflammatory bowl diseas
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 26, 2017
Videos
Did you know that no two people's farts smell the same? Where do farts come from? What are they made of? How much weight
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 25, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Eighty million tons of plastic polyethylene are produced every year and much of those once-used plastic bags and packagi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
New research suggests that excess sugar—especially the fructose in sugary drinks—might damage your brain. Re
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
Gut bacteria could influence whether or not babies survive infections of the digestive system, new research with mice su
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 23, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have reported interesting new evidence that upends common knowledge about gut nerve cells.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have collected enough evidence to know that the community of microbes that resides in out gastrointestinal t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The gut microbiome is increasingly recognized as a vital player in the development of colon cancer. And now, this microb
...
APR 19, 2017
Microbiology
Secretory IgA molecules are the antibodies that help protect our intestines from pathogens. Researchers from ETH Zurich
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 13, 2017
Cancer
The onset of colon cancer may be tied to antibiotic use, reported scientists. The importance of the microbiome has only
...
APR 12, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
It's known that the amount of inflammation-related molecules in the blood increases and becomes a strong risk factor for
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2017
Immunology
Does owning a family pet decrease the risk of your baby developing allergies and becoming obese? Maybe. Building on year
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 07, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers at Rice University are putting bacteria to work as biosensors of gut inflammation. Gut inflammation i
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 06, 2017
Microbiology
Breast milk is known to supply infants with important nutrition and immunity; new work indicates it also supports the he
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 05, 2017
Cancer
The composition of microorganisms in a person’s mouth could affect more than just their breath and dental health.
...
MAR 28, 2017
Videos
We can all agree that the teenage years don't necessarily have the best reputation in terms of angst and confusion and j
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 22, 2017
Microbiology
Last week, I shared a story about how antibiotics are affecting honeybees. Honeybees are susceptible to a bacterial infe
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 21, 2017
Videos
While microbes reside virtually everywhere, there has been intense research interest in microbes residing in one place i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Science could initiate an update in a lot of biology textbooks. Mammals can keep metabolism in chec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2017
Microbiology
Antibiotics are bad for bees! Most of us think of antibiotics as good things - drugs that help treat infections a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 15, 2017
Immunology
Immune cells must be able to differentiate between good bacteria and bad bacteria to maximize the body’s ch
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 14, 2017
Cancer
When medical professionals are targeting a patient’s cancer, the goal is first to eliminate the cancer and if that
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim