Your gut bacteria could determine how you respond to cutting-edge cancer drugs
Planned trial will manipulate patients’ microbiomes
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The right gut microbes help infants grow
The microbiome can tip the balance between stunting and healthy growth—even when calories are scarce -
How to give a C-section baby the potential benefits of vaginal birth
New study suggests microbiome can be modified after cesarian section -
Your poor diet might hurt your grandchildren’s guts
Mice with low-fiber diets pass on depleted microbe diversity to several generations -
Gut microbes give anticancer treatments a boost
Intestinal bacteria increase effectiveness of immune therapy in rodents -
You’re surrounded by your own personal cloud of microbes
Our bacteria float around us—and mingle with those of other people -
Gut microbes linked to eye disease
Bacterial proteins that mimic eye molecules may trigger autoimmune attacks -
Extreme weight loss surgery works, but is it thanks to the knife—or the microbes?
Research shows that changes to the microbiome persist more than 9 years after operation -
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Ancient bacteria found in hunter-gatherer guts
Find may be the result of a nonindustrialized diet -
Pollution, human health tracked with sewage microbes
Pooped out bacteria distinct for each community -
Common ingredient in packaged food may trigger inflammatory disease
Emulsifiers may disrupt microbes and provoke immune system -
Body's bacteria may keep our brains healthy
Study suggests microbes help build the blood-brain barrier that keeps pathogens out -
Viruses help keep the gut healthy
Damage from antibiotics reversed in mice treated with virus -
