More than Lyme: Tick study finds multiple agents of tick-borne diseases
In a study published in mBio, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology, Jorge Benach and Rafal Tokarz, and
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Vast majority of dietary supplements don’t improve heart health or put off death, study finds
In a massive new analysis of findings from 277 clinical trials using 24 different interventions, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say
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How microbiome is disrupted during IBD: Human Microbiome Project
A new study led by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Broad Institute of MIT
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New arsenic-based broad-spectrum antibiotic
Antibiotic resistance has been called one of the biggest public health threats of our time. There is a pressing need
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Cancer prevention drug also disables H. pylori bacterium
A medicine currently being tested as a chemoprevention agent for multiple types of cancer has more than one trick in
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Human respiratory viruses continue to spread in wild chimpanzees
Less than two years after the first report of wild chimpanzees in Uganda dying as a result of a human
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‘Gut-on-a-chip’ system shows intestinal barrier disruption is the onset initiator of gut inflammation: ‘Once the gut barrier has been damaged, probiotics can be harmful just like any other bacteria’
The first study investigating the mechanism of how a disease develops using human organ-on-a-chip technology has been successfully completed by
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Gut microbiota of infants predicts obesity in children
Evaluating the gut microbiota of infants may help identify children who are at risk for becoming overweight or obese, according
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Ketogenic diet appears to prevent cognitive decline in mice, study finds
We’ve all experienced a “gut feeling” — when we know deep down inside that something is true. That phenomenon and
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Probiotic use may reduce antibiotic prescriptions
Use of probiotics is linked to reduced need for antibiotic treatment in infants and children, according to a review of
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