Listening to Our Gut: How Genomic Sequencing of the Gut Microbiome Is Advancing Human Healthby Neil WardThe status of gut microbiome research and where innovation is needed
News‘Unhealthy’ Gut Microbiome Linked to Higher Risk of Death after Organ Transplantby BMJ-British Medical JournalMicrobiome patterns specifically linked to deaths from cancer and infection, irrespective of organ transplanted
NewsTowards Creating an Ingestible 'Microbiome Sampling Pill'by Tufts UniversityThe device has now cleared preclinical characterization
NewsGut Microbes from Aged Mice Cause Inflammation in Young Miceby University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignThe young mice experienced inflammatory processes associated with aging in humans
NewsCoral Reef Microbes Point to New Way to Assess Ecosystem Healthby Imperial College LondonStudy’s analysis of the changing mix of reef microbes could have broader applications for assessing ecosystem health
NewsInnovative Carbon Beads Help Restore Healthy Gut Microbiomeby University College LondonResults in animal models show restored gut health with positive impacts on liver, kidney, and brain function
NewsScientists Link Certain Gut Bacteria to Lower Heart Disease Riskby Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardStudy finds several species of cholesterol-metabolizing bacteria in people with lower cholesterol levels
NewsFiber, Genes, and the Gut Microbiome: Study Reveals Possible Triggers for IBSby Michigan Medicine - University of MichiganComplex interplay involving diet could explain why inflammatory bowel disease develops
NewsAdvances in Forensic Science Improve Accuracy of ‘Time of Death’ Estimatesby Arizona State UniversityResearchers discover new "universal decomposers," a network of common microbes responsible for cadaver decomposition
NewsDrought May Drive Deadly Amphibian Disease, Researchers Findby Penn StateSeverity and spread of chytridiomycosis could be impacted by effects of drought on the skin microbiomes of amphibians
NewsStudy Finds Gut Microbiota Influence Severity of Respiratory Viral Infectionby Georgia State UniversitySegmented filamentous bacteria, a bacterial species found in the intestines, protected mice against influenza infection