“A type of sugar found naturally in some women’s breast milk may protect new born babies from infection with a potentially life threatening bacterium called Group B streptococcus, according to […]
Category: Microbiota
Gut bacteria could tip balance in developing celiac disease or staying healthy
“About 40 per cent of the population have a genetic disposition to celiac disease, but only about one per cent develop the autoimmune condition when exposed to gluten, and this […]
Antibiotics Accelerate Development of Type 1 Diabetes In Animal Study
The Microbial Link to Type 1 Diabetes Researchers from NYU Langone Medical Center found that when mice genetically susceptible to Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) were given antibiotics mimicking human childhood […]
Gut bacteria have own circadian clock
“The circadian rhythm, or circadian clock, is an internal mechanism that drives the 24-hour cycles […] — and now, new research has found that bacteria living within the gut also have […]
Breast microbiome/bacterial differences between healthy and cancerous tissue
“A team of Mayo Clinic researchers has identified evidence of bacteria in sterilely-obtained breast tissue and found differences between women with and without breast cancer.”
Some microbes have coevolved with humans for millions of years
“Moeller found that two of three major families of gut bacteria in apes and humans trace their origins to a common ancestor more than 15 million years ago”
Viruses revealed to be a major driver of human evolution
“Their findings suggest an astonishing 30 percent of all protein adaptations since humans’ divergence with chimpanzees have been driven by viruses.”
Microbe changes in patients with multiple sclerosis found
“A team of researchers with Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School has discovered that people with multiple sclerosis appear to have differences in their gut biome than the […]
Indicator of chronic fatigue syndrome found in gut bacteria
“Our work demonstrates that the gut bacterial microbiome in ME/CFS patients isn’t normal, perhaps leading to gastrointestinal and inflammatory symptoms in victims of the disease,” said Maureen Hanson, the Liberty […]
A single species of gut bacteria can reverse autistic-like behavior in mice
“By adding this bacterial species back to the guts of affected mice, the researchers were able to reverse some of the mice’s behavioral deficits, which are reminiscent of symptoms of […]