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Levels of 2 types of bacteria in your gut could help improve the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis.
Although gluten-free foods are trendy, they are a necessity only if you have celiac disease or wheat allergies.
In a sense, a malaria-transmitting mosquito is a sick mosquito. This is where bacteria can help.
A daily fibre supplement improved brain function in twins over 65s in just 12 weeks.
New research suggests the gut bacteria of red and grey squirrels differ significantly, potentially explaining the decline of the native red and the success of its grey counterpart.
Research suggests certain gut bacteria may have a role in helping us maintain cognitive function as we age. A celatus is one of these.
The Marsupial Microbiome Poop Troop collects the droppings of wild marsupials to help save the lives of orphaned joeys.
The current treatments for inflammatory bowel disease do not work for everyone. Tapping into new areas of biology may be the key to developing new therapies.
They’re in your wine, tea and all the plants we eat. Polyphenols can benefit our health in many different ways, some of which are still yet to be discovered.
The gut microbiome plays a big role in mediating how the immune system responds to perceived threats, which include the body’s own nerves.
Mice with minimal levels of gut bacteria showed less brain cell damage.
Your body produces postbiotics after digesting prebiotic and probiotic foods – and many postbiotics are crucial to good gut health.
The types of microbes residing in your gut can affect your mental and physical health. Home microbiome tests promise to help consumers improve the composition of their gut microbes.
Two Australians with bipolar have been successfully treated with poo transplants, allowing them to come off, or reduce, their medications. Here’s where the science is up to.
Poop comes in many shapes, sizes and textures. The kind that’s too runny might be the result of wayward germs, Crohn’s disease or lactose intolerance.
Many school lunchbox products are now heavily marketed as promoting gut health. The limited regulation of such claims leaves it to parents and carers to assess whether they really stack up.
Research from Japan has found that a certain type of gut bacteria appears to lower the rate of COVID deaths.
Antibiotics can destroy the good bacteria in your gut. But some foods can help get it back to normal.
You could say there are a ‘crapload’ of viruses in the human gut. Luckily, most of these do not attack our cells, but instead feed on bacteria.
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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London
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