How diet and medication impact gut bacteria and human health

by Christian Urban,Kiel UniversityThe nematode Caenorhabditis elegans served as a model system to study microbe-host-drug interactions. Credit: Dr. Filipe Cabreiro, Host-Microbe Co-Metabolism Gr

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How diet and medication impact gut bacteria and human health

by Christian Urban,Kiel UniversityThe nematode Caenorhabditis elegans served as a model system to study microbe-host-drug interactions. Credit: Dr. Filipe Cabreiro, Host-Microbe Co-Metabolism Gr

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Diet, not exercise, may be key to addressing our biggest cause of liver disease

by Edith Cowan UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainEdith Cowan University researchers have found that a chronic disease affecting up to 80 per cent of overweight people may be causing an iron defi

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Diet, not exercise, may be key to addressing our biggest cause of liver disease

by Edith Cowan UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainEdith Cowan University researchers have found that a chronic disease affecting up to 80 per cent of overweight people may be causing an iron defi

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Latin Americans with greater Native American ancestry may be more susceptible to liver failure

by University College LondonEF CLIF infographic showing results of the ACLARA study in Latin America. Credit: EF CLIFDifferences in the percentage of Native American ancestry in Latin American pe

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Latin Americans with greater Native American ancestry may be more susceptible to liver failure

by University College LondonEF CLIF infographic showing results of the ACLARA study in Latin America. Credit: EF CLIFDifferences in the percentage of Native American ancestry in Latin American pe

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Allergic reactions due to incorrect food labeling spark calls for tighter regulations

by University of MelbourneCredit: PexelsIncorrect labeling of food products is causing too many allergic reactions and needs to be more tightly regulated, a University of Melbourne researcher say

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Allergic reactions due to incorrect food labeling spark calls for tighter regulations

by University of MelbourneCredit: PexelsIncorrect labeling of food products is causing too many allergic reactions and needs to be more tightly regulated, a University of Melbourne researcher say

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Empowering mucosal healing with an engineered probiotic

by Harvard UniversityInflammatory lesions destroy epithelial cells that function as a barrier between the inside of the gut (lumen) and the rest of the body (left). This loss of barrier function

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Empowering mucosal healing with an engineered probiotic

by Harvard UniversityInflammatory lesions destroy epithelial cells that function as a barrier between the inside of the gut (lumen) and the rest of the body (left). This loss of barrier function

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Designing healthy diets with computer analysis

by Chalmers University of TechnologyA new mathematical model for the interaction of bacteria in the gut could help design new probiotics and specially tailored diets to prevent diseases. The rese

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Designing healthy diets with computer analysis

by Chalmers University of TechnologyA new mathematical model for the interaction of bacteria in the gut could help design new probiotics and specially tailored diets to prevent diseases. The rese

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Probiotics in kombucha found to mimic fasting and reduce fat stores in C. elegans model

byPublic Library of ScienceImage of small batch Kombucha Tea fermenting in the lab. Credit: Elizabeth Poindexter, The Graduate School at UNC-Chapel Hill, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/

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Probiotics in kombucha found to mimic fasting and reduce fat stores in C. elegans model

byPublic Library of ScienceImage of small batch Kombucha Tea fermenting in the lab. Credit: Elizabeth Poindexter, The Graduate School at UNC-Chapel Hill, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/

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Synthetic material could improve ease and cut cost of gut microbiome research

by Keith Hickey,Pennsylvania State UniversityDevelopment of double layer Fmoc-FFfibrillar gels. a) Conceptual schematic of Fmoc-FFassembly at fluorous-water interfaces to evolve perc

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Synthetic material could improve ease and cut cost of gut microbiome research

by Keith Hickey,Pennsylvania State UniversityDevelopment of double layer Fmoc-FFfibrillar gels. a) Conceptual schematic of Fmoc-FFassembly at fluorous-water interfaces to evolve perc

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Postbiotics: The new kid in the gut health family

by Senaka Ranadheera,University of MelbourneCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWhen it comes to our health, most of us have heard of prebiotics and probiotics and know something about their benefi

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Postbiotics: The new kid in the gut health family

by Senaka Ranadheera,University of MelbourneCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWhen it comes to our health, most of us have heard of prebiotics and probiotics and know something about their benefi

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Probiotics or prebiotics? Exploring the complex world of 'gut' health

by University of MissouriAn illustration of the non-invasive way for identifying the major functions of the gastrointestinal tract. Credit: Marina ResnyanskayaA healthy person has a general balan

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Probiotics or prebiotics? Exploring the complex world of 'gut' health

by University of MissouriAn illustration of the non-invasive way for identifying the major functions of the gastrointestinal tract. Credit: Marina ResnyanskayaA healthy person has a general balan

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Pre- and probiotics keep intestinal barriers strong

by Tracey Peake,North Carolina State UniversityCredit: Alicia Harper, PexelsWe hear a lot about how probiotics are key to gut health, and therefore an important component of overall health. The

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Pre- and probiotics keep intestinal barriers strong

by Tracey Peake,North Carolina State UniversityCredit: Alicia Harper, PexelsWe hear a lot about how probiotics are key to gut health, and therefore an important component of overall health. The

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Probiotic 'backpacks' show promise for treating inflammatory bowel diseases

by University of Wisconsin-MadisonThis schematic illustration shows probiotic bacteria (teal) coated in a layer of biomaterial as they travel through a human intestine. Attached to the bacteria a

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Probiotic 'backpacks' show promise for treating inflammatory bowel diseases

by University of Wisconsin-MadisonThis schematic illustration shows probiotic bacteria (teal) coated in a layer of biomaterial as they travel through a human intestine. Attached to the bacteria a

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