microbiomes

Hardship experienced by mothers during their own childhood or during pregnancy is reflected in the composition of their 2-year-old children's gut microbiomes, reports an international team of scientists led by UCLA psychologists. The…

Scientists have been worried about the potential harms of microplastics for years. These small plastic particles less than 5 mm in length have been found everywhere because of plastic pollution -- from the Earth's deep oceans to remote…

The first things that mouse newborns touch and eat establishes their native microbiome, which is often influenced by their mother during birth and throughout nursing. Although diet has been a known contributor to obesity in all stages of…

One of the major challenges in microbiome science has been distinguishing what is a potential environmental contaminant from a true, bona fide microbiome signal in low biomass studies -- studies that contain little microbial DNA like…

The nearly 200-year-old phrase "you are what you eat" has some new evidence. ISB researchers have found that the gut microbiome, including what we feed it, is largely responsible for the variation in circulating blood metabolites across…

Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) -- the transfer of lower intestinal fluids and microbes from one individual to another -- is sometimes used to treat inflammatory gut diseases, including ulcerative colitis and bacterial infections.…

Since the late 1800s non-nutritive sweeteners have promised to deliver all the sweetness of sugar with none of the calories. They have long been believed to have no effect on the human body, but researchers publishing in the journal Cell on…

The Biocodex Microbiota Foundation is looking for academics and scientists in Canada to apply for a €25,000 research grant aimed at helping advance the study of the gut microbiome MONTREAL, Aug. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Biocodex…

In a new study, researchers at Cedars-Sinai found that antibiotics have sex-specific effects on the gut microbiome makeup of male and female laboratory rats. The findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, could have…

More than 2,000 children die every day around the world simply because they lack clean drinking water, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Engineers, including those at Tufts, have devised simple, low-cost ways to purify…