Gut bacteria plays key role in childhood obesity
Photo Cred: Lukas/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Gut bacteria and its interactions with immune cells and metabolic organs, including fat tissue, play a key role in childhood obesity, according to a...
Read MoreGenetic oscillator records changes in microbiome growth patterns in vivo
By Katherine Shagoury A new tool created by researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, can observe the...
Read MoreGW researchers find connection between microbiome composition and colon cancer
By Katherine Shagoury A mutant protein found in humans with colon cancer blocks a pathway that regulates proliferation and expansion of cells, increasing amounts of bacterial species associated with the...
Read MoreDiet trends show Americans consume too many low-quality carbs
By Katherine Shagoury Despite years of steady advice and guidance on healthy eating, a report card on the American diet shows adults are still consuming too many low-quality carbohydrates and...
Read MoreStem cell trial enhances recover in ischemic stroke
Photo Cred: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston/Zereshk By Katherine Shagoury Bone marrow cells used to treat ischemic stroke in an expanded Phase I trial were not...
Read MoreResearchers 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...
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