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Microbiome
Microbiome: the microorganisms in a particular environment (including the body or a part of the body).
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FEB 27, 2017Cancer
Immunotherapy, the technique of using the immune system to fight off disease, is one of the most promising avenues for a ...FEB 24, 2017Microbiology
Researchers from Harvard Medical School have reported on the results of a large-scale search for immunomodulatory organi ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 22, 2017Microbiology
Our bodies play host to myriad microorganisms; many of those microbes live in our gastrointestinal tract and they play a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 18, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
In the avalanche of research being generated on the human microbiome, it’s important to take a step back and think ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 13, 2017Microbiology
As research on the microbiome expands and links are found to many types of diseases, there is still a focus on looking a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 11, 2017Microbiology
It is now well established that the vast community of microbes that resides in the gastrointestinal tract, the microbiom ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2017Microbiology
New research out of the Baylor College of Medicine establishes a link between gut microbes and hypertension. That’ ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 31, 2017Cancer
The importance of the microbiome has only being fully realized and appreciated in the recent years. And nowhere does the ...JAN 26, 2017Microbiology
Being sick always seems to impact appetite, even inspiring the old adage to “feed a cold and starve a fever.&rdquo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2017Microbiology
Bacteriocins are toxins made by one bacterium to kill other bacteria. Not very nice, but it’s a tough world out th ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 22, 2017Microbiology
Can insects get infected with bacteria? Sure they can, but it doesn’t happen all that often. That fact spar ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 17, 2017Microbiology
More than half of all known plant species survive in rainforests on wet, infertile soil. A different kind of environment ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2017Videos
The following video from the American Society for Microbiology is a short discussion with Rob Knight, now a professor at ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found that a diet high in fiber may reduce inflammation caused by gout, because of the action of microb ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2017Cancer
The presence of endometrial cancer, the most common type of gynecologic cancer, may be revealed through a woman&r ...JAN 10, 2017Immunology
The body organ known as the appendix has long been claimed to have no known function, but recent research has shown that ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Deep in our gastrointestinal tract, a community of microbes lives in symbiosis with our bodies. That community, called t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2016Microbiology
The first fecal transplant was done in humans in 1958, but has garnered a lot of interest as a beneficial therapeutic in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2016Microbiology
A vast community of microbes lives in symbiosis with the human body, many of which reside in the gastrointestinal tract. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2016Microbiology
Nobody likes going to the dentist, but most of us do it anyway. Why? Because regular dental care helps prevent thi ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 05, 2016Microbiology
Researchers working at the Karolinska Institutet have made a breakthrough that will aid scientists studying biofilms. Th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2016Microbiology
Animals live in symbiosis with microorganisms, and that concept was established as early as the nineteenth century ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 02, 2016Microbiology
These days, it seems like gut microbes are important for nearly every aspect of human health. Recently, researchers from ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 01, 2016Microbiology
All animals host a community of microorganisms in their gastrointestinal tracts, and there has been a lot of research in ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2017
Cancer
Immunotherapy, the technique of using the immune system to fight off disease, is one of the most promising avenues for a
...
FEB 24, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers from Harvard Medical School have reported on the results of a large-scale search for immunomodulatory organi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 22, 2017
Microbiology
Our bodies play host to myriad microorganisms; many of those microbes live in our gastrointestinal tract and they play a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
In the avalanche of research being generated on the human microbiome, it’s important to take a step back and think
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2017
Microbiology
As research on the microbiome expands and links are found to many types of diseases, there is still a focus on looking a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 11, 2017
Microbiology
It is now well established that the vast community of microbes that resides in the gastrointestinal tract, the microbiom
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2017
Microbiology
New research out of the Baylor College of Medicine establishes a link between gut microbes and hypertension. That’
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 31, 2017
Cancer
The importance of the microbiome has only being fully realized and appreciated in the recent years. And nowhere does the
...
JAN 26, 2017
Microbiology
Being sick always seems to impact appetite, even inspiring the old adage to “feed a cold and starve a fever.&rdquo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2017
Microbiology
Bacteriocins are toxins made by one bacterium to kill other bacteria. Not very nice, but it’s a tough world out th
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 22, 2017
Microbiology
Can insects get infected with bacteria? Sure they can, but it doesn’t happen all that often. That fact spar
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 17, 2017
Microbiology
More than half of all known plant species survive in rainforests on wet, infertile soil. A different kind of environment
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2017
Videos
The following video from the American Society for Microbiology is a short discussion with Rob Knight, now a professor at
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have found that a diet high in fiber may reduce inflammation caused by gout, because of the action of microb
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2017
Cancer
The presence of endometrial cancer, the most common type of gynecologic cancer, may be revealed through a woman&r
...
JAN 10, 2017
Immunology
The body organ known as the appendix has long been claimed to have no known function, but recent research has shown that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Deep in our gastrointestinal tract, a community of microbes lives in symbiosis with our bodies. That community, called t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2016
Microbiology
The first fecal transplant was done in humans in 1958, but has garnered a lot of interest as a beneficial therapeutic in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2016
Microbiology
A vast community of microbes lives in symbiosis with the human body, many of which reside in the gastrointestinal tract.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2016
Microbiology
Nobody likes going to the dentist, but most of us do it anyway. Why? Because regular dental care helps prevent thi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 05, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers working at the Karolinska Institutet have made a breakthrough that will aid scientists studying biofilms. Th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2016
Microbiology
Animals live in symbiosis with microorganisms, and that concept was established as early as the nineteenth century
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2016
Microbiology
These days, it seems like gut microbes are important for nearly every aspect of human health. Recently, researchers from
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 01, 2016
Microbiology
All animals host a community of microorganisms in their gastrointestinal tracts, and there has been a lot of research in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch