After you die, bacteria harvest your body for the nutrients that help push daisies. Matriyoshka/iStock via Getty Images Plus Each human body contains a complex community of trillions of microorganisms ...
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What do microbes have to do with how we age? Everything, actually
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Gut Microbes may have helped fuel the evolution of large human brains, shaping brain metabolism and gene activity, new ...
A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways associated with differences in brain size and cognitive function A new study sug ...
Our gut is a bustling hub of activity, home to trillions of microbes that work together with our bodies to keep us healthy. A recent study explores one fascinating aspect of this partnership: how gut ...
Expelling toxic “forever chemicals” from the body may take guts — or at least, their microbes. Some microbes found in the human gut can absorb some per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, ...
Over 100 million nerve cells line the digestive tract. Have you ever felt “butterflies in your stomach,” or made a “gut decision”? That might have been your “second brain” — otherwise known as your ...
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Public Health Image Library, NIAID, Image ID: 18139) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Public Health Image Library, NIAID, Image ID: 18139) Microbes supporting the production of ...
Some antibiotics stop bacteria from growing without actually killing them, allowing infections to return later. Scientists at ...
Inflammatory gut bacteria that carry proteins structurally similar to myelin may trigger the development and progression of MS, a study found.
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