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Mice with minimal levels of gut bacteria showed less brain cell damage.
The microbes in our gut have many roles, including to support immune function.
Pregnancy changes the structure and function of virtually every organ system of the body. That includes some big changes to the gut.
A new species of bacteria that doesn’t normally live in the gut may trigger an immune response so strong that it spreads to the joints.
As early modern humans spread across the globe, their gut microbes genetically changed with them. Understanding the origins of gut microbes could improve understanding of their role in human health.
Nice recommends faecal transplants to treat antibiotic-resistant Clostridium difficile infections. The treatment has been used in the UK since 2013.
People wouldn’t last long without the countless other species we depend on for survival.
The types of microbes residing in your gut can affect your mental and physical health. Home microbiome tests promise to help consumers improve the composition of their gut microbes.
Patients with blood cancer undergoing stem cell transplantation have a high risk of complications. The bacteria in their gut, however, can help their immune system recover and fight infections.
Certain viruses like dengue and Zika can make their hosts smell tastier to mosquitoes. Luckily, vitamin A and its derivatives may help combat these odor changes.
Our gut microbiome is connected to almost every aspect of our health – including brain health.
Disruptions to the lung microbiome are linked to a number of respiratory conditions in both children and adults.
Poop comes in many shapes, sizes and textures. The kind that’s too runny might be the result of wayward germs, Crohn’s disease or lactose intolerance.
Research from Japan has found that a certain type of gut bacteria appears to lower the rate of COVID deaths.
Months not eating or moving don’t result in muscle wasting and loss of function for animals that hibernate. New research found gut microbes help their hosts hold onto and use nitrogen to build proteins.
New research dispels the myth that gut bacteria causes autism. Rather, changes in the gut bacteria of some people with autism are driven by restricted diets or ‘picky eating’.
The complex and fascinating community of ‘bugs’ that live in the vagina have just been linked to a groundbreaking new test to identify the risk of preterm birth.
We have trillions of microbes in our gut – and each do something different for our body.
Mice given a faecal transplant from young mice, rejuvenated their brains and were better able to complete a maze task.
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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London
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Professor of Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Molecular Evolution, Macquarie University
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Cheryl Power is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Fellow in Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne
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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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Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Head, Epithelial Therapeutics Unit, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Indiana University
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Assistant Professor of Neonatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Professor of Pharmacology, Head of Pharmacology, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Researcher in Enteric Neuroscience and Autism, RMIT University
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Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and General Paediatrics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Associate Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience, Sheffield Hallam University
