News articles tagged with 'gut'
Stress affects the balance of bacteria in the gut and immune response
— 28 Mar 2011 17:52 | HealthStress can change the balance of bacteria that naturally live in the gut, according to research published this month in the journal Brain, Behaviour, and Immunity…
Gut bacteria can control organ functions
— 1 Mar 2011 17:21 | HealthBacteria in the human gut may not just be helping digest food but also could be exerting some level of control over the metabolic functions of other organs, like the liver, according…
Is dairy colostrum the key to Olympic success?
— 24 Feb 2011 20:26 | HealthScientists investigating natural ways to enhance athletic performance have found that bovine colostrum can massively reduce gut permeability - otherwise known as 'leaky gut syndrome.'…
Scientists sequence gut microbes of premature infant
— 14 Jan 2011 16:29 | HealthScientists have for the first time sequenced and reconstructed the genomes of most of the microbes in the gut of a premature newborn and documented how the microbe populations changed…
Pregnant, constipated and bloated? Fly poo may tell you why
— 4 Jan 2011 22:56 | HealthClues about how the human gut helps regulate our appetite have come from a most unusual source - fruit fly faeces. Scientists at the University of Cambridge are using the fruit fly…
You are not what you eat
— 17 Nov 2010 10:24 | HealthThe types of gut bacteria that populate the guts of primates depend on the species of the host as well as where the host lives and what they eat. A study led by Howard Ochman at Yale…
NIH scientists describe how salmonella bacteria spread in humans
— 1 Oct 2010 11:45 | HealthNew findings by National Institutes of Health scientists could explain how Salmonella bacteria, a common cause of food poisoning, efficiently spread in people. In a study published…
Repeated antibiotic use alters gut's composition of beneficial microbes
— 14 Sep 2010 10:40 | HealthRepeated use of an antibiotic that is considered generally benign, because users seldom incur obvious side effects, induces cumulative and persistent changes in the composition of the…
Reshaping the gut microbiome could herald new treatments for bowel diseases
— 24 Aug 2010 09:27 | HealthHome to a diverse range of microorganisms, a healthy human body contains at least tenfold more bacteria cells than human cells. The most abundant and diverse microbial community resides…
Caterpillars crawl like none other
— 23 Jul 2010 10:41 | BiologyMost of us have surely seen the slow and gravity-defying crawl of a caterpillar, with that wave of motion that passes over their elongated and flexible bodies. But it turns out that…