Taichi A. Suzuki, Max Planck Institute for Biology and Ruth Ley, Max Planck Institute for Biology
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.
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.
Stem cell transplants involve completely eliminating and then replacing the immune system of a patient, often by transplanting the bone marrow.
xia yuan/Moment via Getty Images
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.
Mosquito-borne diseases are estimated to cause over 1 million deaths a year.
mrs/Moment via Getty Images
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.
People may need to take long-term antibiotics for a range of conditions.
fizkes/ Shutterstock
Our gut microbiome is connected to almost every aspect of our health – including brain health.
While the gut microbiome has gotten much of the spotlight, the microbes in the lungs also play an important role in health.
sorbetto/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images
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.
People who lost weight had higher levels of certain beneficial bacteria in their gut.
New Africa/ Shutterstock