Using AI to harness the gut microbiome for therapies
Which microorganisms live in a person’s gut? How do they affect the body? And how are they connected to the onset and progression of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), such as…
Cohabitating people share about a quarter of their gut and oral microbiota
People who live together share more oral and gut microbes with each other than with other people in their communities, according to a study publishing June 15 in the Cell…
Fungi dwelling on human skin may provide new antibiotics
University of Oregon researchers have uncovered a molecule produced by yeast living on human skin that showed potent antimicrobial properties against a pathogen responsible for a half-million hospitalizations annually in…
CNR, un batterio intestinale contro l’ obesità e il diabete
Tra le centinaia di specie di batteri diverse presenti nell’intestino, Intestinimonas butyriciproducens svolge un ruolo chiave nel migliorare la salute metabolica. Secondo uno studio internazionale a cui ha partecipato l’Istituto…