One of the leading theories on the mechanisms that lead to obesity, based on evidence from both mouse and human models, incorporates both the gut microbiota and some inflammatory processes.
A new study has confirmed previous observations that gut microbes change with age and can cause increased inflammation and premature death, at least in mice.
In a recent Nature Medicine news article, Roxanne Khamsi reported on research around the world that investigates how the gut microbiota exerts an influence on the human immune system and inflammation.
The composition of the gut microbiota conditions tumour development
11 Dec 2013by GMFH Editing Team
Transferring microbes from the colon of a mouse with a colorectal tumour to a healthy mouse means the latter will also develop cancer, according to a study recently published in mBio® by Zackular JP et al., the open access journal of
