Feeling Sexy? It Could Be Microbes!
Here’s a different twist on Valentine’s Day! Your attraction to your sexy mate may have less to do with the clothes he/she wears, the sweet nothings he/she whispers and the…
Weight Gain After Microbiota Transplant
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) involves the transfer of fecal material from a healthy donor to the digestive tract of an ill recipient (most commonly, someone with refractory, or difficult to…
Ancestral Microbiome May Hold Key to Modern Health
Although scientists are hard at work studying the human gut microbiome, the complexity of the task is such that we still know very little about the trillions of microbes that…
Day-Night Cycles Affect Gut Balance
Only over the last century have humans been exposed to such a huge alteration in the sleep-wake cycle that, previously, was dependent only upon the revolution of the earth in…
Your Microbes and Your Home
On and in your body, at this very moment, are living over 100 trillion microbes working together—hopefully—to help protect you from disease. From person to person, these microbes differ, although…
Ultra-Low Diversity of Gut Microbes During Critical Illness
The intestinal tract is a main source of health-care associated pathogenic infections, not surprisingly due to the high concentration of microbes residing there.1 The GI tract is also considered to…
Diverse Gut Bacteria Linked to Better Estrogen Metabolite Levels
The diversity of your gut bacteria refers to the abundance of different types of microbes. As a rule, the more diverse your gut microbes, the healthier you are. A recent…
High-Carbohydrate Diet Triggers Colon Cancer
Studies have linked the high-carbohydrate Western diet to colorectal cancer, but scientists have been unsure of just how carbs may trigger the development of the disease. In a recent study…
Bacteria and the Skin
When someone talks about the bacteria that are found in and on the human body, the conversation usually turns to the gut because that is where the majority of these…
Human Placenta Contains a Community of Microbes
The human microbiome is vast, accounting for 90 percent of our cells. Microbial composition varies from site to site across a range of niches in and on the body. Some…