Early-life gut microbes linked to diabetes protection in mice
The microbiome shapes the development of insulin-producing cells in infancy, leading to long-term changes in metabolism and ...
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Early-life gut microbes may protect against diabetes, research in mice suggests
The microbiome shapes development of insulin-producing cells in infancy, leading to long-term changes in metabolism and ...
The Scientist5d
A Microbe from Poo Suppresses Bacterial Infection
A group of gut bacteria successfully hindered recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in mice, offering alternative ...
GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News2d
Gut Microbe Composition During Infancy May Protect Against Diabetes in Later Life
Murine study identifies critical neonatal window when microbiota disruption results in lifelong metabolic consequences stemming from reduced β cell development.
Technology Networks4d
Synthetic Microbiome Therapy Offers Safer Alternative to Fecal Transplants
Scientists develop a synthetic microbiome therapy to fight C. difficile infections offering a safer, targeted alternative ...
Nature11d
Nursing-home residents’ skin is a source of transmitted harmful and drug-resistant microbes
Genomic sequencing has revealed that individual strains of life-threatening, antibiotic-resistant bacteria and Candida auris ...
The New York Times26d
Her Discovery Wasn’t Alien Life, but Science Has Never Been the Same
The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic ... NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 2, 2010.
Chicago Sun-Times19d
UIC researchers working to combat 'superbugs' need support from Congress
In 2017, Illinois had just 11 cases of a deadly microbe known as C. auris. In 2022 alone, we had 276 cases. Absent novel antimicrobial medicines, the crisis will only deepen. According to the ...