Is Black Coffee Good For You? Benefits & Pro Drinking Tips
There haven’t been a lot of studies done on this directly, but the short answer is: maybe. “In…
Fecal microbiota transplantation plus immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer and melanoma: the phase 2 FMT-LUMINate trial
Study participants and clinical trial design The FMT-LUMINate trial (NCT04951583) is a multicenter, open-label, phase 2 trial that…
What your breath says about the bacteria in your gut
Exhaled breath can have hundreds of different compounds in it, some of which could have diagnostic potential.Credit: Getty…
Sending babies to nursery completely reshapes their microbiomes
Infants’ microbiomes are strongly affected by what they eat and who they come into contact with.Credit: Getty A…
What drinking kefir really does to your gut and oral microbiome
A comprehensive review of human studies reveals that kefir can alter certain gut and oral bacteria. However, inconsistent…
Inhibition of IRAK4 by microbial trimethylamine blunts metabolic inflammation and ameliorates glycemic control
Protocols All experimental procedures involving mice were carried out in accordance with UK Home Office, Canadian Council on…
STREAMS guidelines: standards for technical reporting in environmental and host-associated microbiome studies
New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM, USA Julia M. Kelliher Department of Microbiology, Genetics, and Immunology, Michigan State…
how researchers harness pee and poo for science
As Mathilde Poyet ushers me through the Global Microbiome Conservancy’s laboratory in Kiel, Germany, I’m met with all…
Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers
Silhavy, T. J., Kahne, D. & Walker, S. The bacterial cell envelope. Cold Spring Harb. Perspect. Biol. 2,…
Gut Fungus Found to Disrupt Brain’s Alcohol Reward Pathway
Summary: A new study reveals that an overgrowth of Candida albicans, a common gut fungus, may alter the…
Isolation, engineering and ecology of temperate phages from the human gut
Camarillo-Guerrero, L. F., Almeida, A., Rangel-Pineros, G., Finn, R. D. & Lawley, T. D. Massive expansion of human…
Common Medications Continue Altering Your Gut Years After You Stop Taking Them
(© JJAVA – stock.adobe.com) In A Nutshell Researchers studied 2,509 Estonians and found 42% of tested drugs left…