Microbiome
How our gut bacteria may have influenced evolution
[Editor's note: Susan Erdman is a research scientist and assistant director of MIT’s Division of Comparative Medicine.] Lately I’ve been wondering ...
Bacteria in your gut may influence effectiveness of drugs for cancer, Parkinson’s
Researchers now have evidence that healthy people metabolize some drugs in different ways depending on their microbial make-up. ... To ...
Blue feces: Modified gut bacteria could indicate colon cancer, inflammatory bowel disease
Checking the hue of your feces could soon reveal why you are feeling off-color. Gut bacteria in mice have been ...
Read ELP’s Nicholas Staropoli Reddit Science ‘Ask Me Anything’ on Epigenetics: Hype and Health
Editor’s Note: On Friday, June 2nd from 1pm–3pm EDT, ELP director Nicholas Staropoli hosted a Reddit-science Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) about the hype surrounding ...
Epigenetics Around the Web: Microbiome boom; and What links Native American repatriations to epigenetics? Nothing
This week’s features: CNN story on UCLA professor botches 'epigenetics and Indians'; and why you shouldn't trust personalized microbiome tests--yet ...
Type 2 diabetes treatment: Drug alters gut bacteria
The most successful treatment for type 2 diabetes may work by changing the makeup of gut bacteria. Metformin is commonly ...
Infection-causing, antibiotic-resistant ‘superbug’ originated 500 million years ago
The bacteria, called Enterococcus, is a so-called superbug, meaning it is resistant to antibiotics and cleaning products. In the new ...
Epigenetics Around the Web: Marie Claire’s missteps on probiotics and microbiome; Dad’s role in fetal health
Missteps on science, journalism and advertising; Overhyping the epigenetic relationship between healthy fathers and healthy children ...
Superbug antibiotic backlash? Let’s review the science
Don’t call it a war on superbugs. That’s the latest advice from international public health experts who have been watching ...
Tired all the time? Chronic fatigue syndrome may be linked to gut bacteria
People with chronic fatigue syndrome may have imbalances in their gut bacteria, a new study suggests. The study found that ...
‘Hunger hormone’ may also boost growth of brain cells
Could fasting boost your brainpower? A stomach hormone that stimulates appetite seems to promote the growth of new brain cells ...
Babies might avoid deadly infections by receiving gut microbe transfers
In research published in Science, an international team of researchers found that a bacterium known as Clostridia helped mouse pups ...
Edible ‘CRISPR pill’ instructs harmful bacteria to self-destruct, may revolutionize fight against antibiotic resistance
As resistance to antibiotics grows in the U.S., researchers are looking for new ways to fight germs like Clostridium difficile, ...
Unprotected sex with a new partner might affect vaginal health, microbiome
To find out if sexual activities could shape the vaginal microbiome and, potentially, women’s health, Lenka Vodstrcil at Melbourne Sexual ...
Buried landmines could be detected with genetically modified bacteria
A team of researchers at an Israeli university has successfully tested a technology using fluorescent bacteria and lasers that could ...
Fighting infections: Using probiotic ‘good’ bacteria could slow resistance to antibiotics
As scientists continue their exploration of the thousands of organisms that live inside our body, a new study is showing ...
Microbiomes could help plants grow, resist disease and make agriculture more sustainable
Feeding a growing world population amidst climate change requires optimizing the reliability, resource use, and environmental impacts of food production ...
Bee-apocalypse update: Honeybee deaths linked to gut microbe-altering antibiotic
[Editor's note: Kasie Raymann, Zach Shaffer, and Nancy Moran are researchers in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University ...
How does space change your genetics? Astronaut twins Scott and Mark Kelly explain
[Editor's note: Astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly -- the only twins who have traveled in space -- offer observations on ...
Epigenetics Around the Web: Avoid Craigslist for epigenetics advice; Engineering superhumans
Futurism's claims about the potential of epigenetics to create superhumans are about as scientific as a superhero comic book...and other ...
Your gut bacteria could alter how well your chemotherapy treatment works
Researchers from the UK have just reported that the gut microbiota plays a role, both directly and indirectly, on the ...
Unreliable science? Scores of mice studies may be tainted because of standard handling practice
Scores of scientific studies based on mice are being called into question because their behaviour is affected by the way ...
‘Live vaccines’: Recoding bacteria’s genome could lead to more effective immunizations
[G]eneticists used a new technique to recode 5 per cent of the Salmonella bacterium’s genome, introducing a record number of engineered ...
Eczema-taming ointment could be made with bacteria from your own skin
Teruaki Nakatsuji and Richard Gallo from the University of California, San Diego, have discovered that some bacteria which naturally live ...
Evolving immunity: Controlling obesity, mood with designer gut bacteria faces obstacle
Beginning in 2012, scientists discovered they could use CRISPR proteins to precisely edit the genomes of not only bacteria but ...
Why eating soy protects some of us but not others from heart disease
A product of digesting a micronutrient found in soy may hold the key to why some people seem to derive ...
Google delists Natural News, founder Mike Adams calls it ‘modern day book burning’
[Editor’s note: Read the GLP’s profile on Natural News founder Mike Adams. Also: FBI turns up heat on Mike Adams ...
