by Andreu Prados
A recent study, led by Dr. Marco Candela from the Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology at University of Bologna, has constructed the longest available picture of the microbiota trajectory across different age groups.
A recent study, published in Nature Microbiology, has found associations between colonic transit time and aspects of patients’ gut microbiota in terms of composition, diversity, and also metabolic products.
by Paul Enck
A recent study, led by Dr. John Penders, from the Department of Medical Microbiology at Maastricht University Medical Centre (The Netherlands), has found that gut dysbiosis and gastrointestinal complaints in anorexia nervosa patients do not recover after weight gain and/or normalisation of eating behaviour.
by Andreu Prados
A recent letter published in Nature, by Dr. Trevor Lawley and colleagues from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Hinxton (United Kingdom), has revealed that bacteria from the human intestine that were formerly considered to be unculturable can be grown and characterized phenotypically.
by Kristina Campbell
A new review by Dr. Michael Shapira from the University of California, Berkeley (USA) explores how scientists are refining their understanding of species evolution in light of increasing data on how symbionts interact with hosts.
by Andreu Prados
Antibiotics, while highly effective at treating and preventing infections, may also increase the risk of susceptibility to infections, allergy, and metabolic syndrome and might even decrease efficacy outcomes of pharmacologic therapies by altering the composition and functions of the commensal microbiota.
by Kristina Campbell
A new study published in PLOS one, led by Dr. Vincent Cassone from the Department of Biology, University of Kentucky (USA), provided insights on how the host clock regulates the microbiome. Researchers found that a species of human gut bacteria, Enterobacter aerogenes, has its own circadian rhythm and responds to fluctuations in the hormone melatonin.
by Paul Enck
A recent study, led by Dr. Peng Xie from the Chongqing Medical University in China, has demonstrated that intestinal ‘dysbiosis’ may have a causal role in the development of depressive-like behaviours in mice through altering host metabolism.
by Andreu Prados
A new study, led by Dr. Ana Suárez from the Department of Functional Biology at Faculty of Medicine in the University of Oviedo (Asturias, Spain), has found that intestinal microbiota changes promote a pro-inflammatory environment in SLE patients.
by Andreu Prados
A new study, led by Dr. Susanne Wolf from the Department of Cellular Neuroscience at Max-Delbrueck-Centre for Molecular Medicine in Berlin (Germany), has found that prolonged antibiotic treatment, which kills gut bacteria, can also stop growth of new brain cells in mice.
