Can we determine how old someone is by analyzing their gut bacteria? New research shows how machine learning can use information from different human microbiomes to accurately and generally predict age.
Paul Cotter and his team at the University of Cork (Ireland) are studying athletes for the impact of sports activities of varying intensity on the gut microbiota and the derived and human metabolites composition.
Caveats and clinical implications in the connection between the duodenal microbiome, diet and functional gastrointestinal symptoms
5 Aug 2019by GMFH Editing Team
The assessment of SIBO through traditional methods doesn’t always allow diagnosing individuals with functional gastrointestinal symptoms. Scientists argue that it may be time to focus high-throughput molecular approaches for studying the small intestinal microbiome.
Diet, antibiotics and geography can influence the microbial make-up of the gut.
27 Jun 2019by Andreu Prados
An interview with Dr. Rob Knight, founding Director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation at the University of California San Diego, on the occasion of World Microbiome Day 2019, discussing how microbes could help mitigate the rise in antibiotic resistance.
Have a look at our infographic to learn how a dysfunctional intestinal barrier may play a role in the development of gastrointestinal diseases.
Scientists from University College Cork review the composition and physiological relevance of human gut bacteriophages
7 Mar 2019by GMFH Editing Team
Only recently have reproducible protocols for analyzing fecal phages emerged. A new review from University College Cork’s scientists explores the composition and relevance for health of the wide community of bacterial viruses colonizing our gastrointestinal tract.
A large metagenomics project expands human microbial diversity and abundance
4 Feb 2019by Andreu Prados
Resistant starch is a highly fermentable fiber, although it’s considered an insoluble fiber. What is more interesting is the fact that the food source of resistant starch matters, as scientists show not all foods that are high in resistant starch drive identical changes in the gut microbiota functional diversity.
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.
The year 2018 is ending with major progress in gut microbiota research: do you want to know which are the 10 most popular articles of 2018 in Gut Microbiota for Health’s News Watch section?