Gut Microbes and the Genetic Case for Causality in IBS and Functional Dyspepsia
A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study using genetic variants as instruments identifies five microbial taxa with potential causal links to irritable ...
Tag: gut microbiota
How the Gut-Liver Axis Prepares the Liver for Cancer Metastasis
A new review maps how gut bacteria, their metabolites, and liver-resident cells collaborate to build a pre-metastatic niche that primes ...
Maitake Mushroom Science Matures: Global Analysis Maps Four Decades of Bioactivity Research
A new scientometric analysis of 605 studies maps four decades of maitake mushroom research, revealing a maturing field centered on ...
Probiotic VSL#3 Eases Long COVID Fatigue in Randomized Trial
A randomized placebo-controlled trial in Milan found that the multi-strain probiotic VSL#3 significantly reduced fatigue in long COVID patients, with ...
Stroke Reshapes Gut Microbes and Brain Chemistry in Rats, Multi-Omics Study Finds
A multi-omics study in rats reveals that permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion remodels cecal microbiota and drives a lipid-centered inflammatory ...
Onion Peel Pasta Survives Cooking and Digestion With Its Antioxidants Largely Intact
Italian researchers show that fresh pasta enriched with red onion peel powder retains and even releases more of its quercetin ...
Gut bacteria and lung injury research has exploded since 2019, a decade-long analysis reveals
A new bibliometric analysis of more than 1,000 publications shows research linking gut microbiota to lung injury surged after 2019, ...
Gut microbes may hold the key to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease
For decades, scientists have treated Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease as problems of the brain alone. A new review published in ...
Gut Microbes Linked to Brain Abnormalities in Childhood Vascular Disease
A new commentary in Pediatric Research highlights experimental evidence that gut microbiota from children with IgA vasculitis and neurological involvement ...
Trehalose, the Gut Microbiome, and a New Lead in Multiple Sclerosis Research
A new review suggests that the natural sugar trehalose may influence multiple sclerosis by inducing autophagy, reducing inflammation, and reshaping ...
Diabetes Drug Acarbose Turns Sugar Into an Anti-Obesity Ally by Rewiring Gut Microbes
New research shows the diabetes drug acarbose selectively blocks bacterial maltose metabolism while leaving sucrose fermentation intact, converting dietary sugar ...
Sick Leeches Keep Their Microbial Diversity but Lose Their Microbial Stability
A new 16S rRNA study of farmed medicinal leeches shows that disease is marked not by lost microbial diversity but ...
Older Siblings Reshape the Preschool Gut Microbiome, Nationwide Study Finds
A nationwide Japanese birth cohort study of 903 children found that having older siblings strongly reduces the odds of a ...
Ripening Rewrites Banana Peel Fiber: Green Stage Wins for Function, Yellow Stage for Gut Bacteria
New research shows that the ripening stage of banana peel dramatically changes the structure, function, and prebiotic power of fiber ...
Gut Microbe Molecule 7-KDCA Shields Diabetic Muscles by Blocking NLRP1-Ferroptosis Cell Death
Researchers found that the gut bacterial metabolite 7-KDCA protects against diabetic muscle wasting by suppressing NLRP1 inflammasome activation and ferroptosis ...
Aged Versus Fresh White Tea: Decade of Storage Reshapes Anti-Obesity Effects in Mice
A new mouse study shows that ten-year storage transforms white tea chemistry, with aged tea offering stronger liver and lipid ...
Gut Microbes Track With Autism Symptoms, but Inflammation Tells a Different Story
A large cross-sectional study finds that gut microbial composition in children with autism correlates with both gastrointestinal and behavioral symptom ...
Yeast-Built Nanozyme Exoskeleton Eases Gut Inflammation and the Anxiety That Comes With It
A bioinspired material that coats yeast-derived polysaccharides with antioxidant nanozymes reduced gut inflammation, repaired the intestinal barrier, rebalanced the microbiome, ...
Lithium Citrate Shows Hidden Toll on Honeybee Guts and Microbiomes
A new study finds that lithium citrate, a promising experimental treatment against Varroa mites, causes dose-dependent mortality, severe midgut epithelial ...
Overfeeding in Infancy Programs the Gut to Speed Muscle Aging in Mice
A new mouse study shows that neonatal overfeeding disrupts gut mucus development and depletes Akkermansia muciniphila, accelerating age-related muscle wasting ...
