A new type of antibiotic uses DNA to fight a common deadly microbe, Clostridium difficile. These new drugs are inexpensive and adaptable and can be modified to target any bacterium, lowering the chance of drug resistance.
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There may be additional long-term health harms from antibiotic exposure in early life and before birth, including an increased risk of infection, obesity and asthma.
Halting the rapid rise in inflammatory bowel disease will require a proactive approach to medicine, and a focus on the gut.
Nobel laureate Peter Doherty explains immunity.
Gut microbe metabolites can tell us a lot about our health.
An expert explains how often you should poo and what it should look like.
In the largest citizen science experiment to date, 11,336 people sent poop samples to this San Diego lab so that microbiologists could figure out how the microbes in our guts make us healthy or sick.
A chemist explains how some molecules in human breast milk help fight infection. Understanding their properties could lead to better infant formulas that share the health advantages of breastfeeding.
In this clinical trial, the first of its kind, physicians explore whether directly applying a ‘good’ strain of bacteria to the skin can heal eczema
Our obsession with gut health, diet and well-being is far from new: the Victorians had very similar concerns.
Can you blame bad teeth on your genes? Here’s why the answer is not as simple as you might think.
Researchers are getting closer to understanding how some people are more susceptible to posttraumatic stress disorder.
When jetting off on holiday, we rarely give a second thought to what microbes we might be taking with us. But humans spread trillions of bacteria around the globe, potentially harming ecosystems’ balance.
A study of middle-aged British women shows that omega-3 has beneficial effects on gut health.
Healthy soil teems with bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microorganisms that help store carbon and fend off plant diseases. To restore soil, scientists are finding ways to foster its microbiome.
For most of the twentieth century, we were at war with microbes, leading to substantial changes in our body’s ecosystem. This has changed our diets, disease profile, moods and even personalities.
Here’s what happened to a professor of genetic epidemiology’s ‘microbiome’ when he lived with the Hadza.
The make-up of your gut bacteria will determine whether or not you put on weight.
We need micro-environmentalists to fight for the cause.
Unless we do something about about antibiotic pollution in the world’s waterways, the next trip you take to the coast for a seafood dinner just might be your last.
Principais colaboradores
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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London
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Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Professor of Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, University of Nottingham
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Associate Professor & Head of Projects, York St John University
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Assistant Professor of Neonatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor: Innovation and Knowledge Exchange, York St John University
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Chief, Epithelial Therapeutics Unit, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Professor of Molecular Evolution, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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Reader in Ageing Research, King's College London
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Honorary Fellow in Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Associate in Neuroscience, University of Florida
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Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University
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Visiting Research Fellow, King's College London
