Nature publishes the largest study ever conducted on the gut microbiota of newborns and the impact of delivery mode, with an analysis of 1,679 gut microbiota samples from almost 600 newborns and 175 mothers.
Scientists disentangle how human gut bacterial strains metabolize drugs
8 Aug 2019by GMFH Editing Team
The gut microbiota might explain why not all of us respond effectively to a drug treatment. In vitro tests reveal that more than 65% of the drugs are metabolized by 76 bacterial strains from the human gut.
Can a baby’s gut bacteria influence childhood health? – A video by AllerGen
7 Aug 2019by GMFH Editing Team
In Canada, 3,500 children and their families are part of the CHILD Cohort Study, which is a large research project that is figuring out how the human microbiome influences our health.
The crosstalk between bacteriophages and commensal bacteria contributes to the gut ecosystem’s stability
27 Jun 2019by GMFH Editing Team
Bacteriophages have remained largely underexplored due to limitations in sequencing methods. New in vitro findings reveal that phages have a different effect on low and high abundance bacterial species in the gut microbiota that aren’t directly targeted.
Scientists identified two bacteria from gut microbiota linked to mental health
8 May 2019by Cristina Sáez
Researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium have found most human gut bacteria produce neurotransmitters, which are chemicals (e.g. dopamine and serotonin) that let neurons communicate with each other.
Gut microbiota is the human body's most complex, diverse and numerous ecosystem of all, particularly in the caecum, where the density of microorganisms is the highest.
The most significant achievements in gut microbiome science in 2018
27 Dec 2018by GMFH Editing Team
GMFH continue to cover the important progress made in our knowledge of the gut microbiota's impact on wellbeing and disease.
A mouse model of colitis shows the relevance of phages on intestinal inflammation
27 Sep 2018by Andreu Prados
A new study, led by Dr. Lora Hooper from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas (Texas, USA), has found that compositional changes in intestinal phage communities occur during colitis in mice.
The following video by Piled Higher and Deeper and biologist Elaine Hsiao invites you to travel through the hidden world of the gut microbiome, where more than 1,000 different types of bacteria and many microorganisms live.
How to have and maintain a healthy gut microbiota: an interview with Antonio Gasbarrini
2 Aug 2018by GMFH Editing Team
"Without any of these microbes the immune system would not be developed,” explains Dr. Antonio Gasbarrini
