Researchers take steps to compile healthy human gut microbiome reference database
By Katherine Shagoury An initial baseline healthy gut microbiome database and abundance profile is described in a new study published in the journal PLOS One. Though research interest in the human...
Read MoreGene therapy may reduce obesity, reverse type 2 diabetes
By Katherine Shagoury Researchers developed a gene therapy that specifically reduces fat tissue and reverses obesity-related metabolic disease in obese mice, according to a new study published in Genome Research....
Read MoreKetogenic diet controls seizures in infants with genetic epilepsy
By Katherine Shagoury Infants and young children with epilepsy due to a confirmed genetic abnormality had a better response to treatment with ketogenic diet compared to patients with other types...
Read MoreScientists map genetic diversity of microbes in human gut
By Katherine Shagoury A team of microbiologists and bioinformaticians from Harvard Medical School and Joslin Diabetes Center offer a first glimpse of the array of genes that make up the...
Read MoreGut-infecting superbug adapted to thrive with sugar-rich diet
By Katherine Shagoury Gut-infecting bacterium Clostridium difficile (C. diffcile) is evolving to thrive in people eating a Western sugar-rich diet, according to a new study published in Nature Genetics. Researchers...
Read MoreNew method could advance precision medicine
By Katherine Shagoury Scientists have devised a new computational method that reveals genetic patterns in the massive jumble of individual cells in the body, which will be useful in discerning...
Read MoreGut bacteria has potential to prevent obesity, study says
By Katherine Shagoury A special class of beneficial gut bacteria, called Clostridia, prevents mice from becoming obese, suggesting these same microbes may similarly control weight in people, according to a...
Read MoreDietary intervention effective across genetic spectrum
By Katherine Shagoury The quality of dietary fat consumed and the genetic risk of diabetes work independently of each other, and a diet rich in polyunsaturated fats can be safely...
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