15-03-17 The warm soft folds of the intestines are teeming with thousands of species of bacteria. Collectively known as the gut microbiome, these microbes help break down food, synthesize vitamins, regulate weight and resist infection. If they're so key to h...

14-12-30 The quality of the colon mucus in mice depends on the composition of gut microbiota, reports a Swedish-Norwegian team of researchers from the University of Gothenburg and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Oslo. The work, published in EMBO...

14-08-18 It sounds like science fiction, but it seems that bacteria within us -- which outnumber our own cells about 100-fold -- may very well be affecting both our cravings and moods to get us to eat what they want, and often are driving us toward obesity....

14-07-26 Scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus living in the human gut, according to a study in Nature Communications. 《自然通讯》的一项研究显示，科学家在人类肠道中发现一种以前未知的病毒。 Scientists scoured international genetic databases t...

14-06-06 Child malnutrition has long-term effects on gut health that affect development even after treatment, a study suggests. 研究发现，儿童营养不良对肠健康有长期影响，即使经过治疗也会影响生长发育。 A team studied the gut health of malnourished children in...

13-05-10 The composition of gut microbiota in a newborn baby's gut has been linked to the rate of early infant growth, reports research published this week in PLOS Computational Biology. The findings support the assertion that the early development of microb...

12-11-21 Animals, including humans, actively select the gut microbes that are the best partners and nurture them with nutritious secretions（分泌物） , suggests a new study led by Oxford University, and published November 20 in the open-access journal PLOS B...

11-04-21 In the future, when you walk into a doctor's surgery or hospital, you could be asked not just about your allergies and blood group, but also about your gut type. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany,...

09-11-13 Scientists at the University of York have discovered how certain bacteria（细菌） such as Escherichia coli（大肠杆菌） have evolved to capture rare sugars from their environment giving them an evolutionary advantage in naturally competitive environm...

09-09-27 Parasitic gut worms, such as hookworm, might aid the development of new treatments for asthma and other allergies, a study in Vietnam suggests. 越南一项研究显示，肠内寄生蠕虫，如十二指肠虫，可能帮助哮喘和其他过敏症新疗法的研究。 Hookworms have infec...