The indoor microbiome: mounting research is revealing how the microbes in your home can influence your health
AI-generated image. We spend around 90% of our lives indoors. But what you might not realise while you’re cosied up ...
Tag: microbiome
Scientists boost plant disease resistance by engineering their microbiome
It could eventually lead to lower use of pesticides in agriculture
12 myths about your gut bacteria, explained by scientists
The human microbiome is fascinating and it's important that we understand it.
The gut flora: how it affects your brain and health, according to scientists
The gut flora affects a lot of things in our body. This microbiome even affects your brain.
Gut bacteriophages associated with improved cognitive function and memory in both animals and humans
These viruses can alter our gut microbiome to improve brain function.
How ancient gut microbes might have shaped human evolution
The microbes in our guts have helped our ancestors adapt to new environments.
Sunlight might affect gut microbiome diversity
Vitamin D might mediate the link between sunlight and healthy bacterial diversity in the gut.
Drinking red wine (in moderation) improves gut health
Gut bacteria + red wine = <3
Over 100 new species of bacteria discovered in your gut
I had a gut feeling they would.
Immigrating drastically changes people’s microbiome
It changes very fast.
Weight gain is mostly controlled by what you eat — not genetics
This is good news, because it means we can change things.
Lab mice with natural gut bacteria are wildly more resistant to disease and tumors
Living in a sterile, controlled environment make lab mice not such a good model for human diseases.
Blood DNA sequencing reveals there’s a lot more microbes living inside you — and we’ve never seen over 99% of them before
What we don't know can't hurt us, right? Right? Guys?..
We still don’t know which gut bacteria is beneficial, but scientists have some good hints
There's good bacteria and bad bacteria, but the gut seems to be so diverse in its bacterial offering from person ...
Your microbial cloud is your “signature”
New research focused on the personal microbial cloud. (Credit: Viputheshwar Sitaraman, of Draw Science) Humans are walking ecosystems. Each of ...
Social interactions and the microbiome
The microbiome, or the collection of bacteria living inside humans and other organisms, is an important topic in research today, ...
Scientist gives himself Fecal Transplant from Hunter-Gatherer from Tanzania… to See how it Goes
A field researcher from America has transplanted fecal microbiome from a Tanzanian tribesman to his own gut. Why? Well... to see what ...
Gut bacteria may control your mind by influencing your dietary choices
Gut bacteria may influence what we want to eat. GIF: University of California Our gut hosts an enormous population of ...
How bacteria colonize the human gut – study reveals important insights
Our bodies are hosts to some hundreds of thousands of bacteria that live in harmony with each other, helping the ...
Manned Mars mission could stomp on existing Martian life
Humanity has long dreamed of a mission to Mars, but the boots which would take the first steps on the ...
