microbiome

There has been a great deal of buzz in recent years about the importance of the human microbiome; much of it focused on the gut microbiome and the importance of these mic

Join our directors of bio-sciences and chemistry, Cameron English and Dr. Josh Bloom, as they break down these stories on episode 24 of the Science Dispatch podcast.

80 post-menopausal women who were overweight participated in a sixteen-week study of the effects of caloric restriction on their weight and microbiome. This current report summarizes the impact on their gut bacteria.

"Every city has its own 'molecular echo' of the microbes that define it.”

A new study in the British Medical Journal seeks to decipher the effect of long-term dietary patterns on the microbiome and their subsequent effects on us.

Disclaimers first – the research involves mice, not humans, so we are on firm ground discussing the research results, but the ground gets shaky when we apply the findings to our lives.

Lost in the discussion of the need for more ventilators in the face of COVID-19 is the consideration of what those ventilators supply, oxygen.

“The hygiene hypothesis suggests that our immune system works best when it has been exposed to a diversity of foreign others and that population measures of hygiene, such as running water, waste disposal systems have not so much

Obesity. It's a big fat problem. And, as with all big fat problems, somebody else is to blame.

In honor of Thanksgiving, it is time to turn to the beloved cranberry.