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Microbiome and diseases
The microbiome describes the microbes (such as bacteria, fungi, viruses) that live in and on our bodies. The distribution and presence of microbes can have a significant impact on health and disease. Further, alterations in the microbiome can impact how a patient will respond to treatments prescribed for diseases.
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DEC 17, 2019Cannabis Sciences
If both the endocannabinoid system and the intestinal microbiome are affected by dietary consumption habits, wouldn&rsqu ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 12, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Alcoholic liver injury is caused by overconsumption of alcohol, something that can lead to serious diseases such as live ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 04, 2019Neuroscience
A study from Helsinki University Hospital, Finland suggests that excessive usage of certain antibiotics may increase one ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 01, 2019Microbiology
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are drugs for heartburn relief; they can reduce stomach acid levels.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 27, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Humans have evolved in some ways to be less susceptible to pathogens, but those benefits can also carry risks of other d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2019Microbiology
Viruses don't only infect humans, some, called bacteriophages or phages, infect bacteria. Image credit: Wikimedia Common ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2019Cancer
New research suggests that the presence of a certain kind of gut bacteria can increase the risk of bowel cancer by as mu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 08, 2019Neuroscience
It has been almost two decades since the last drug for Alzheimer’s was approved. Now, Chinese reglators have grant ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 05, 2019Microbiology
Probiotics have been shown to protect honey bees from a pathogenic bacterium that can wreak havoc on hives.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 04, 2019Microbiology
The research may help explain why UVB light appears to help protect against inflammatory disorders.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2019Microbiology
Research has shown that drugs can change the community of gut microbes that we carry and which has a powerful impact on ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 15, 2019Microbiology
We produce several liters of mucus every day to cover more than 200 square meters in the human body.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 06, 2019Microbiology
In recent years, the gene editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 has been applied to a wide variety of different organisms, and now, b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2019Microbiology
Humans don't make a carbohydrate called Neu5Gc, but most mammals, including cows, do.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2019Genetics & Genomics
We all carry a vast number of microbes with us, and the microbial community in the gut is closely linked to our health a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2019Microbiology
About 90% of the serotonin found in the human body is made in the gut. Some bacteria can encourage the release of seroto ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2019Microbiology
Now that we know so much more about the bacteria we carry in our bodies, it may be possible to start using that bacteria ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 21, 2019Microbiology
The human body carries a large community of microbes, and the ones living in our gastrointestinal tract exert a powerful ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 17, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Clostridium difficile is the primary cause of infections that are acquired in hospital settings; it causes diarrhea and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2019Microbiology
Scientists and clinicians are beginning to recognize the power of the microbiome - the microbes that we carry in and on ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2019Cancer
New research published in PNAS from researchers at Duke University highlights a surprising finding: zebrafish have the a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 06, 2019Microbiology
A standard research mouse genotype was preserved while generating a natural microbiome by using wild mice as surrogates.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2019Microbiology
Scientists have uncovered a connection between the immune system, obesity, and gut bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Recent findings from mouse studies have concluded that genetics may have a more important role than environmental factor ...Written By: Annie Lennon
DEC 17, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
If both the endocannabinoid system and the intestinal microbiome are affected by dietary consumption habits, wouldn&rsqu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 12, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Alcoholic liver injury is caused by overconsumption of alcohol, something that can lead to serious diseases such as live
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 04, 2019
Neuroscience
A study from Helsinki University Hospital, Finland suggests that excessive usage of certain antibiotics may increase one
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 01, 2019
Microbiology
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are drugs for heartburn relief; they can reduce stomach acid levels.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 27, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Humans have evolved in some ways to be less susceptible to pathogens, but those benefits can also carry risks of other d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2019
Microbiology
Viruses don't only infect humans, some, called bacteriophages or phages, infect bacteria. Image credit: Wikimedia Common
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2019
Cancer
New research suggests that the presence of a certain kind of gut bacteria can increase the risk of bowel cancer by as mu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 08, 2019
Neuroscience
It has been almost two decades since the last drug for Alzheimer’s was approved. Now, Chinese reglators have grant
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 05, 2019
Microbiology
Probiotics have been shown to protect honey bees from a pathogenic bacterium that can wreak havoc on hives.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 04, 2019
Microbiology
The research may help explain why UVB light appears to help protect against inflammatory disorders.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2019
Microbiology
Research has shown that drugs can change the community of gut microbes that we carry and which has a powerful impact on
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 15, 2019
Microbiology
We produce several liters of mucus every day to cover more than 200 square meters in the human body.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2019
Microbiology
In recent years, the gene editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 has been applied to a wide variety of different organisms, and now, b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2019
Microbiology
Humans don't make a carbohydrate called Neu5Gc, but most mammals, including cows, do.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
We all carry a vast number of microbes with us, and the microbial community in the gut is closely linked to our health a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2019
Microbiology
About 90% of the serotonin found in the human body is made in the gut. Some bacteria can encourage the release of seroto
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2019
Microbiology
Now that we know so much more about the bacteria we carry in our bodies, it may be possible to start using that bacteria
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2019
Microbiology
The human body carries a large community of microbes, and the ones living in our gastrointestinal tract exert a powerful
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Clostridium difficile is the primary cause of infections that are acquired in hospital settings; it causes diarrhea and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2019
Microbiology
Scientists and clinicians are beginning to recognize the power of the microbiome - the microbes that we carry in and on
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2019
Cancer
New research published in PNAS from researchers at Duke University highlights a surprising finding: zebrafish have the a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 06, 2019
Microbiology
A standard research mouse genotype was preserved while generating a natural microbiome by using wild mice as surrogates.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2019
Microbiology
Scientists have uncovered a connection between the immune system, obesity, and gut bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Recent findings from mouse studies have concluded that genetics may have a more important role than environmental factor
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon