Scientists are reinventing ways that bacteria can be beneficial for human health. Watch this video to learn more about how bacteria may be a next generation medicine using an example of people with phenylketonuria, a metabolic disorder that makes it difficult for people to digest a particular amino acid. References: Synlogic Therapeutics Isabella et al….
We Are Not Alone: How the Human “Planet” Is Colonized and a Microbiome Is Built
The gut microbiome is an emerging field that has been linked to many diseases and conditions affecting each and everyone of us from metabolism to neurological diseases! Have you ever wondered what all the fuss is about when it comes to the gut microbiome? Well now is your chance to find out. Learn where the…
Liver Cancer Gets a Gut Check
Obesity promotes liver cancer development through the gut microbiome. New research is bridging the fields of gut microbiome, cancer, and obesity. Scientists have discovered that obesity promotes liver cancer development by acting through the gut microbiome. Find out how by watching the video. Original Article: Yoshimoto et al. Obesity-induced gut microbial metabolite promotes liver cancer…
A Gut Reaction to HIV
How the gut microbiome influences progression to AIDS. Progression to AIDS is potentially lethal to HIV infected patients. But what influences the development of AIDS from HIV infection? These scientists have an interesting answer to this question that involves the bacteria that live in your gut. Watch the video and learn something new about the…
Sinus Microbiome Loses Diversity, That Snot Good
Learn about how the diversity of your microbiome can affect your health in this interesting study of chronic sinusitis. In collaboration with Carry The One Radio, listen to an interview with Dr. Susan Lynch! Original Article: Sinus Microbiome Diversity Depletion and Corynebacterium Tuberculostearicum Enrichment Mediates Rhinosinusitis. Abreu, Nagalingam et al. Science Translational Medicine, 2012. 4,…