Microplastics mess with seabirds’ guts

Microplastics are changing the gut microbiomes of wild seabirds. Humans should be wary, too, researchers say.

Shirley Cardenas-McGill • futurity
May 18, 2023 ~4 min

Antibiotics linked to higher triple-negative breast cancer death risk

Triple-negative breast cancer patients who take antibiotics within three years of diagnosis have a higher death risk, researchers report.

Krista Conger-Stanford • futurity
April 26, 2023 ~11 min


Gut bacteria discovery could bring new probiotics

One of the most abundant beneficial species found in the human gut showed an increase in colonization potential during carbon limitation.

Yale • futurity
March 21, 2023 ~6 min

Gut bacteria discovery could bring new probiotics

One of the most abundant beneficial species found in the human gut showed an increase in colonization potential during carbon limitation.

Yale • futurity
March 21, 2023 ~6 min

Polymers protect mice from peanut allergy reaction

Micelle technology is potential platform for treating food allergies and inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases, researchers report.

Matt Wood-U. Chicago • futurity
Feb. 16, 2023 ~8 min

Genes may connect mouth diseases and cancer

The same genes that affect diseases in our mouths may be linked to other diseases, including certain types of cancer.

U. Pittsburgh • futurity
Jan. 20, 2023 ~5 min

How many people does a scoop of wastewater represent?

Researchers have developed a way to figure out how many people the microbes in a wastewater sample represent.

Brandie Jefferson-WUSTL • futurity
Jan. 9, 2023 ~5 min

COVID infection messes up healthy gut bacteria balance

Research shows that COVID disrupts a healthy balance between good and bad microbes in the gut, especially with antibiotic treatment.

Patti Zielinski - Rutgers • futurity
Jan. 3, 2023 ~6 min


Some guts get more energy from the same food

Some people get more energy out of the same food. New research indicates that gut microbes may be why.

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
Jan. 3, 2023 ~6 min

How fish gut microbes set them up to socialize

Gut microbes encourage specialized cells to prune back extra connections in brain circuits that control social behavior, research in zebrafish shows.

Liz Goodfellow-Futurity • futurity
Nov. 7, 2022 ~5 min

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