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Released: 28-Sep-2021 1:50 PM EDT
Pesquisadores da Mayo associam o microbioma intestinal ao prognóstico de artrite reumatoide
Mayo Clinic

O estudo, publicado na Genome Medicine, descobriu que a previsão do futuro prognóstico de artrite reumatoide de um paciente poderia ser possível ao direcionar o foco para os trilhões de bactérias, vírus e fungos que habitam o trato gastrointestinal, conhecido como microbioma intestinal.

Released: 28-Sep-2021 1:45 PM EDT
Investigadores de Mayo vinculan microbioma intestinal con pronóstico de artritis reumatoide
Mayo Clinic

El estudio se publicó en Genome Medicine y descubrió que posiblemente se puede predecir el futuro de la artritis reumatoide de un paciente al dirigir la atención hacia los billones de bacterias, virus y hongos que habitan en el tracto gastrointestinal, conocidos como microbioma intestinal.

Released: 28-Sep-2021 7:00 AM EDT
Endothelin Experts to Gather for Virtual APS Conference
American Physiological Society (APS)

Endothelin (ET) researchers from across the globe will meet virtually October 4–7, 2021, at the Seventeenth International Conference on Endothelin (ET-17), hosted and organized by the American Physiological Society (APS).

17-Sep-2021 2:00 PM EDT
Children’s dislike of cauliflower, broccoli could be written in their microbiome
American Chemical Society (ACS)

Researchers reporting in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry have found that levels of volatile, sulfurous compounds are similar in parent-child pairs, suggesting shared oral microbiomes. They also found that high levels cause children to dislike the vegetables.

16-Sep-2021 7:00 PM EDT
Gut bacteria might be an indicator of colon cancer risk
University of Washington School of Medicine and UW Medicine

Researchers are finding a link between the increased presence of certain bacteria in a gut biome and colon cancer.

Released: 17-Sep-2021 8:30 AM EDT
Climate Change Threatens Base of Polar Oceans’ Bountiful Food Webs
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

A study recently published in Nature Communications suggests that displacing cold-water communities of algae with warm-adapted ones threatens to destabilize the delicate marine food web. The team was led by University of East Anglia researchers and included DOE Joint Genome Institute researchers.

Released: 15-Sep-2021 5:05 PM EDT
Gut microbiota influences the ability to lose weight
American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Gut microbiota influences the ability to lose weight in humans, according to new research. The findings were published this week in mSystems, an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

Released: 14-Sep-2021 3:40 PM EDT
Probiotic-Containing Yogurt Protects Against Microbiome Changes That Lead to Antibiotic-Induced Diarrhea, Study Finds
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Eating yogurt containing a particular strain of a well-studied probiotic appears to protect against harmful changes in the gut microbiome that are associated with antibiotic administration.

Released: 14-Sep-2021 12:15 PM EDT
Mayo researchers link gut microbiome to rheumatoid arthritis prognosis
Mayo Clinic

A significant indicator of whether a patient with rheumatoid arthritis will improve over the course of disease may lie in part in their gut, according to new research from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine. The study, published in Genome Medicine, found that predicting a patient's future rheumatoid arthritis prognosis could be possible by zeroing in on the trillions of bacteria, viruses and fungi that inhabit their gastrointestinal tract, known as the gut microbiome. The findings suggest that gut microbes and a patient's outcome of rheumatoid arthritis are connected.

Released: 13-Sep-2021 9:00 AM EDT
MD Anderson and SNIPR BIOME collaborate to advance next-generation CRISPR microbiome therapeutics
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

MD Anderson and SNIPR BIOME have announced a strategic collaboration to advance next-generation CRISPR-based microbiome therapies to reduce immune-related side effects in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Released: 8-Sep-2021 4:25 PM EDT
Making the microbiome more amenable to cancer immunotherapy
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

The gut microbiome can impact us in a variety of different ways, from our metabolism to our mood. Now, NIBIB-funded researchers are investigating if a fiber-based gel can restore beneficial microbes in the gut to enhance the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors, a type of cancer immunotherapy treatment, in mice.

   
Released: 7-Sep-2021 2:30 PM EDT
Bacteria could learn to predict the future
Washington University in St. Louis

Using computer simulations and a simple theoretical model, a new paper shows how bacteria could adapt to a fluctuating environment by learning its statistical regularities — for example, which nutrients tend to be correlated — and do so faster than evolutionary trial-and-error would normally allow.

Newswise: Gut Bacteria Influence Brain Development
3-Sep-2021 5:05 AM EDT
Gut Bacteria Influence Brain Development
University of Vienna

Extremely premature infants are at a high risk for brain damage. Researchers at the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna have now found possible targets for the early treatment of such damage outside the brain: Bacteria in the gut of premature infants may play a key role. The research team found that the overgrowth of the gastrointestinal tract with the bacterium Klebsiella is associated with an increased presence of certain immune cells and the development of neurological damage in premature babies. The study is now published in journal Cell Host & Microbe.

Released: 2-Sep-2021 2:25 PM EDT
研究人员综述性类固醇如何改变肠道、阴道微生物组
Mayo Clinic

妙佑医疗国际(Mayo Clinic) 和Wellesley学院的研究人员在《内分泌学与代谢学动态》(Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism)上发表的一篇评论文章中着重讨论了类固醇对肠道和阴道微生物组的相互作用如何影响女性的健康结果。

Released: 2-Sep-2021 2:10 PM EDT
الباحثون يراجعون كيفية تغيير الستيرويدات الجنسية الحَيُّوم الدقيق المهبلي والمعوي
Mayo Clinic

ركز باحثو مايو كلينك وكلية ويلزلي على كيفية تأثير تفاعلات الستيرويدات في الحيّومات الدقيقة المهبلية والمعوية على النتائج الصحية للمرأة في مراجعة نُشرت في مجلة اتجاهات في علم الغدد الصماء والأيض.

Released: 2-Sep-2021 1:25 PM EDT
Pesquisadores analisam como os esteroides sexuais alteram o microbioma intestinal e vaginal
Mayo Clinic

Pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic e do Wellesley College se concentraram em como as interações dos esteroides nos microbiomas intestinais e vaginais influenciam a saúde da mulher em uma análise publicada na revista médica Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Released: 2-Sep-2021 1:20 PM EDT
Investigadores analizan cómo las hormonas sexuales esteroideas cambian la microbiota intestinal y vaginal
Mayo Clinic

En una revisión publicada en Tendencias en Endocrinología y Metabolismo, los investigadores de Mayo Clinic y de Wellesley College se concentraron en cómo influye sobre la salud femenina la interacción entre hormonas esteroideas, microbiota vaginal y microbiota intestinal.

30-Aug-2021 7:00 AM EDT
High Virus Count in the Lungs Drives COVID-19 Deaths
NYU Langone Health

A buildup of coronavirus in the lungs is likely behind the steep mortality rates seen in the pandemic, a new study finds. The results contrast with previous suspicions that simultaneous infections, such as bacterial pneumonia or overreaction of the body’s immune defense system, played major roles in heightened risk of death, the investigators say.

Released: 30-Aug-2021 4:20 PM EDT
Closing the gate on manganese could open doors to new drugs to treat pneumonia
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Drawing on SLAC facilities, Australian researchers have revealed how Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria obtain manganese from our bodies, which could lead to better therapies to target the pathogen.

Released: 26-Aug-2021 1:10 PM EDT
History of human antibiotic use written in the oral bacteria of wild brown bears
Uppsala University

An international team of researchers used historical museum collections to study the effects of human-made antibiotics over the entire history of their application.

Released: 26-Aug-2021 9:40 AM EDT
Paper reviews gut microbiome (bacterial and fungal communities) health for fighting depression during COVID-19 pandemic
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

In their paper, published Aug. 24 in the Frontiers of Nutrition, Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum and colleagues from CWRU, UH Cleveland Medical Center, BIOHM Health, and Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, examined current literature about the microbiome and gut-brain axis to advance a potential complementary approach to address depression and depressive disorders that have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Released: 25-Aug-2021 5:30 PM EDT
Fungal and Bacterial Biodeterioration of Outdoor Canvas Paintings: The Case of the Cloisters of Quito, Ecuador
Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)

The journal Critical Review In Eukaryotic Gene Expression has just published an interesting article entitled: “Fungal And Bacterial Biodeterioration Of Outdoor Canvas Paintings: The Case Of The Cloisters Of Quito, Ecuador.”

Released: 24-Aug-2021 10:30 AM EDT
Radiation Therapy Effectiveness for Cancer Patients Influenced by Gut Fungi
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai Cancer researchers have discovered that intestinal microorganisms help regulate anti-tumor immune responses to radiation treatments, and that fungi and bacteria have opposing effects on those responses.

Released: 19-Aug-2021 3:00 PM EDT
VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE: Breakthrough Cases and COVID Boosters: Live Expert Panel for August 18, 2021
Newswise

Expert Q&A: Do breakthrough cases mean we will soon need COVID boosters? The extremely contagious Delta variant continues to spread, prompting mask mandates, proof of vaccination, and other measures. Media invited to ask the experts about these and related topics.

Released: 13-Aug-2021 10:45 AM EDT
Microbial Study Reveals Extended Lifespan of Starved Bacteria
Indiana University

Published research by Indiana University professor Jay Lennon's lab shows how bacteria can overcome starvation situations and survive for a long time, which has broader implications for chronic infections.

Released: 9-Aug-2021 12:15 PM EDT
Microbes Turn Back the Clock as Research Discovers Their Potential to Reverse Aging in the Brain
University College Cork

Research from APC Microbiome Ireland (APC) at University College Cork (UCC) published today (Please note embargo) in the leading international scientific journal Nature Aging introduces a novel approach to reverse aspects of aging-related deterioration in the brain and cognitive function via the microbes in the gut.

Released: 5-Aug-2021 11:35 AM EDT
Researchers Track How Microbiome Bacteria Adapt to Humans via Transmission
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

Beneficial bacteria in the gut microbiome use different means to transmit from one person to another which impacts their abundance in the gut and the functions they provide, new research has found.

Released: 3-Aug-2021 3:45 PM EDT
Hard-Core Bacteria
University of Delaware

A new study by UD researcher Julie Maresca and her students found that even in a harsh concrete habitat, bacterial communities can survive, thrive and do what all living things do—change. Bacterial communities within concrete could provide early warning of alkali-silica reactions that degrade concrete but are difficult to detect. Typically, these reactions are only recognized when cracks are forming in the concrete. Bacteria may also have the potential to provide “biorepair” of concrete.

Released: 28-Jul-2021 12:55 PM EDT
Geographic Differences in Gut Microbiota Boost Immunity
Cornell University

Gut reaction: Cornell researchers “humanized” mice with microbiota from three global populations and found that microbial differences alone can impact immune responses.

14-Jul-2021 6:05 AM EDT
Babies at Risk for Diabetes May Have Microbiota Restored
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Newborns at risk for Type 1 diabetes because they were given antibiotics may have their gut microorganisms restored with a maternal fecal transplant, according to a Rutgers study.

Released: 20-Jul-2021 8:05 AM EDT
15,000-Year-Old Viruses Discovered in Tibetan Glacier Ice
Ohio State University

Scientists who study glacier ice have found viruses nearly 15,000 years old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China. Most of those viruses, which survived because they had remained frozen, are unlike any viruses that have been cataloged to date.

11-Jul-2021 11:00 AM EDT
Fungi That Live in the Gut Influence Health and Disease
University of Utah Health

Bacteria’s role in gut health has received a lot of attention in recent years. But new research publishing in Nature shows that fungi—another microorganism that lives within us—may be equally important in health and disease. Fungi thrive in the healthy gut, but when interactions with the immune system are off-balance, they cause intestinal damage that may contribute to gastrointestinal disease. Additional investigation demonstrate that vaccines could be developed as therapeutics to improve gut health.

Released: 8-Jul-2021 5:55 PM EDT
Our genes shape our gut bacteria, new research shows
University of Notre Dame

In the study, published recently in Science, researchers discovered that most bacteria in the gut microbiome are heritable after looking at more than 16,000 gut microbiome profiles collected over 14 years from a long-studied population of baboons in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park.

7-Jul-2021 4:50 PM EDT
Study identifies gut microbes associated with toxicity to combined checkpoint inhibitors in melanoma patients
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found specific intestinal microbiota signatures correlate with high-grade adverse events and response to combined CTLA-4 and PD-1 blockade treatment.

Released: 29-Jun-2021 11:45 AM EDT
Studying how microbiome affects immunity could improve vaccine effectiveness
Iowa State University

A new grant will help Iowa State University researchers figure out how the microbiome, or all the microorganisms that live inside and on human systems, affects immunity and the effectiveness of vaccines. Not everyone responds to vaccines in identical ways, and the researchers will search for ways humans can adjust their microbiomes to optimize vaccine response.

   
Released: 24-Jun-2021 11:00 AM EDT
Common plant fiber gel doubled rate of tumor eradication
University of Michigan

Many people don’t realize that the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi residing within the gastrointestinal tract––collectively called the gut microbiome–– are connected to overall health, and specifically to cancer.

Released: 17-Jun-2021 12:25 PM EDT
Beneficial Bacteria Can Be Restored to C-Section Babies at Birth
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Babies born by cesarean section don’t have the same healthy bacteria as those born vaginally, but a Rutgers-led study for the first time finds that these natural bacteria can be restored.

15-Jun-2021 2:05 PM EDT
New Cleveland Clinic Research Identifies Link Between Gut Microbes and Stroke
Cleveland Clinic

New findings from Cleveland Clinic researchers show for the first time that the gut microbiome impacts stroke severity and functional impairment following stroke. The results, published in Cell Host & Microbe, lay the groundwork for potential new interventions to help treat or prevent stroke. The research was led by Weifei Zhu, Ph.D., and Stanley Hazen, M.D., Ph.D., of Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute.

Released: 15-Jun-2021 12:10 PM EDT
Low-fiber, High-fat Diets Adversely Impact the Gut
American Physiological Society (APS)

Physiologists at Laval University in Canada have discovered that diets containing low fiber and high fat cause significant shifts in the gut microbiome.

Released: 14-Jun-2021 8:30 AM EDT
Shrinking to Survive: Bacteria Adapt to a Lifestyle in Flux
Washington University in St. Louis

Summer picnics and barbecues are only a few weeks away! As excited as you are to indulge this summer, Escherichia coli bacteria are eager to feast on the all-you-can-eat buffet they are about to experience in your gut. However, something unexpected will occur as E. coli cells end their journey through your digestive tract. Without warning, they will find themselves swimming in your toilet bowl, clinging to the last bits of nutrients attached to their bodies.

   
Released: 11-Jun-2021 12:10 PM EDT
The Inner Workings of the Root Microbiome
Department of Energy, Office of Science

: The soil surrounding and including the roots of plants is a hotspot for bacteria that help plants resist infections, survive drought, and take up nutrients. However, scientists did not fully understand how bacteria assist plants. A new study provides new insights into the spots on roots where bacteria attach. This could help scientists understand and control how plants and bacteria interact.

Released: 9-Jun-2021 1:40 PM EDT
SARS-CoV-2 Detectable — Though Likely Not Transmissible — on Hospital Surfaces
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers discovered that SARS-CoV-2, or at least its genetic signature, abounds on hospital surfaces, often co-locating with one particular type of bacteria.

Released: 7-Jun-2021 10:45 AM EDT
Restoring gut microbes missing in early life dysbiosis can reduce the risk of colitis in genetically prone mice
University of Chicago Medical Center

A new study at the University of Chicago has determined that restoring a single microbial species — Bacteroides sp. CL1-UC (Bc) — to the gut microbiome at a key developmental timepoint can prevent antibiotic-induced colitis in a mouse model of the condition.

4-Jun-2021 4:50 PM EDT
Global travelers pick up numerous genes that promote microbial resistance
Washington University in St. Louis

Research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that international travelers often return home with new bacterial strains jostling for position among the thousands that normally reside within the gut microbiome. Such travel is contributing to the rapid global increase and spread of antimicrobial resistance.

Released: 4-Jun-2021 11:10 AM EDT
Bacteria are connected to how babies experience fear
Michigan State University

New research from MSU shows that an infant’s gut microbiome could contain clues to help monitor and support healthy neurological development Why do some babies react to perceived danger more than others? According to new research from Michigan State University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, part of the answer may be found in a surprising place: an infant’s digestive system.

2-Jun-2021 3:00 PM EDT
Researchers Find Evidence That Diet Can Alter the Microbiome to Affect Breast Cancer Risk
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

New research shows that diet, including fish oil supplements, can alter not only the breast microbiome, but also breast cancer tumors. The study appears online in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Released: 2-Jun-2021 9:35 AM EDT
Thomas Jefferson University Sends Research into Space
Thomas Jefferson University

Three projects from Philadelphia will become part of the first-ever private mission to the International Space Station

25-May-2021 2:50 PM EDT
Global Study Finds Each City Has Unique Microbiome Fingerprint of Bacteria and Viruses
University of Maryland Medical Center

Each city has its own unique microbiome, a "fingerprint" of viruses and bacteria that uniquely identify it, according to a new study from an international consortium of researchers that included a team from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM). The international project, which sequenced and analyzed samples collected from public transit systems and hospitals in 60 cities around the world, was published today in the journal Cell.

   


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