Your microbiota may not be on your side as you try improving your diet this New Year. In a study published December 29 2016 in Cell Host & Microbe, Researchers found that certain human gut bacteria need to be lost for a diet plan to be successful. A release from the publishers quotes Jeffrey Gordon,… Continue reading Your Gut Microbes May “Remember” What You Ate, and Make a New Diet Less Effective
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How Gut Microbes Help Chemotherapy Drugs
Two bacterial species that inhabit the human gut activate immune cells to boost the effectiveness of a commonly prescribed anticancer drug, French researchers reported in October 2016 in the journal Immunity. The study identifies a new role for Enterococcus hirae and Barnesiella intestinihominis in activating cancer-fighting T cell immune responses, thereby enhancing the effects of… Continue reading How Gut Microbes Help Chemotherapy Drugs
Intestinal Bacteria Could Be Clue to Aging
Analyzing intestinal bacteria may help predict health outcomes of aging people – and lead to treatments that could help delay physical decline. Researchers from UCLA discovered changes within intestinal microbes that precede and predict the death of fruit flies. The findings were published in the journal Cell Reports. “Age-onset decline is very tightly linked to… Continue reading Intestinal Bacteria Could Be Clue to Aging