It Is the Food, Not Just the Ferment: Study Shows Food Matrix Drives Gut Microbiota Responses in Mice
A new mouse study finds that the food matrix, rather than fermentation itself, largely determines gut microbiota responses, though kimchi ...
Tag: gut microbiota
Tiny Capsules, Big Relief: Flavonoid Nanoparticles Aim Directly at Inflamed Guts
A new Perspective in npj Science of Food lays out a four-pillar design framework for wrapping anti-inflammatory flavonoids in nanoparticles ...
Aging Gut Microbes Weaken Flu Defenses, but Acetate Restores Protection in Old Lung Cells
New research in Aging Cell shows that age-related gut microbiota dysbiosis reduces acetate production and weakens antiviral defense in the ...
Gut Microbe Networks Rewire Themselves in Ulcerative Colitis, Study Finds
A new network-modeling study shows that ulcerative colitis rewires the gut microbiome's interaction architecture, shifting hub control from beneficial bacteria ...
How a Common Grain Toxin Hijacks Cells—and How Probiotics Fight Back
A new review maps how the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol hijacks ribosomal and cellular signaling networks to drive intestinal, immune, neurological and ...
Crohn’s Disease May Be Driven by a Self-Reinforcing Loop Between Gut Barrier, Immunity and Microbes
A new review proposes that Crohn's disease is sustained by self-reinforcing feedback loops linking epithelial barrier failure, immune hyperactivation and ...
Gut Microbes May Hold the Key to Fairer, Personalized Multiple Sclerosis Care
A new review argues that gut microbiota dysbiosis drives immune dysregulation in multiple sclerosis and calls for regionally equitable, microbiome-informed ...
Ancient Herbal Formula Meets Modern Oncology in Landmark Gastric Cancer Trial
A twelve-hospital, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in China will test whether the traditional herbal formula Yiqi Huayu Jiedu Decoction combined with ...
Gut-Friendly Diet Linked to 16% Lower Bowel Disease Risk in Landmark Study
A large UK Biobank study finds that higher adherence to a microbiota-supportive diet is associated with a reduced risk of ...
How Gut Bacteria May Drive Insulin Resistance in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
A new narrative review in Reproductive Sciences argues that gut microbial dysbiosis, endotoxemia, and chronic low-grade inflammation drive insulin resistance ...
Probiotic Bifidobacterium Shields Newborn Gut by Activating Key Immune Pathway
New research in neonatal rats shows that the probiotic Bifidobacterium BB-12 protects against necrotizing enterocolitis by reshaping gut microbes and ...
Gut Microbiota Sets a Density Threshold That Decides Whether Phages Can Infect
New mouse experiments reveal that the gut microbiota caps susceptible bacterial densities below roughly one million cells per gram of ...
Snoring Children Show Microbial Imbalances, New Correspondence Argues for Deeper Study
A new letter to the editor in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine examines reported links between obstructive sleep apnea, ...
Stem Cells Reshape the Gut Microbiome, but a Blood Pressure Cure Remains Elusive
A systematic review of 31 preclinical studies finds that mesenchymal stem cell therapy can modulate gut microbiota across multiple disease ...
5:2 Fasting Protects Both Liver and Muscle in Mice With Fatty Liver Disease
A new mouse study shows that a 5:2 intermittent fasting regimen improves fatty liver disease while protecting skeletal muscle, apparently ...
Gut Bacterium Found Migrating to the Liver May Drive Autoimmune Bile Duct Disease
Researchers report that Klebsiella pneumoniae enriched in the guts of primary biliary cholangitis patients can translocate to the liver and ...
Macrolide Plus Nucleoside Combo Curbs SARS-CoV-2 and Shields Monkey Lungs
A Carrimycin and Azvudine combination showed additive antiviral effects, superior lung protection, and immune benefits in SARS-CoV-2-infected rhesus macaques.
Quercetin Shows Promise Against Bone Loss in Animal Studies, Meta-Analysis Finds
A new meta-analysis of fifteen preclinical trials finds that the dietary flavonoid quercetin improves bone density, architecture, and strength in ...
Antibodies, Not Just Abundance: IgA Surveillance Emerges as a Hidden Architect of the Gut Microbiome
A new quantitative framework reveals that IgA antibody targeting organizes the gut microbiome and fragments detectably in early multiple sclerosis.
Gut Bacterium Yields 41 Protein Clues in Hunt for Colorectal Cancer Fighters
Researchers used activity-guided fractionation and proteomics to identify 41 secreted protein candidates from a non-enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis strain associated with ...
