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Mechanism Discovered: How Stress Leads to Crohn’s Flare Ups
Today’s news is on a topic very near and dear to my heart, especially right now: stress. And the news isn’t good. Researchers at McMaster University have isolated a mechanism by which stress causes a flare up of Crohn’s disease.[i] And surprise, surprise –… Continue Reading “Mechanism Discovered: How Stress Leads to Crohn’s Flare Ups”
Helminthic Therapy: A Review of the Current Status of Research
A couple of weeks ago, I found an interesting article in The Scientist that does a great job of summarizing the current status of helminth research.[i] I have been too busy in my “real” life to read it though, until this past weekend. So,… Continue Reading “Helminthic Therapy: A Review of the Current Status of Research”
Helminths and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Some Promising News
Exciting news! It’s been ages since I had any good research on the macrobiome to report to you, and this paper is a all kinds of awesome. To start, the justification for this research: “The increased prevalence of auto-inflammatory conditions, such as diabetes, arthritis,… Continue Reading “Helminths and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Some Promising News”
Babies, Breast Milk and the Development of the Early Microbiome and Immune System
That the first few months of life are critical for the development of a healthy microbiome, which in turn, affects health life-long is now accepted as a self-evidient fact. For those of you who, like me, have been following biome research for the last… Continue Reading “Babies, Breast Milk and the Development of the Early Microbiome and Immune System”
A Very Hopeful Huge Step Forward in IBD (and other diseases) Treatment
Good morning, Biome Fans. Before I launch into today’s cool piece of research, I just wanted to let you all know that going forward, more often than not, I’ll only be blogging once per week, as opposed to the twice I’ve been doing for… Continue Reading “A Very Hopeful Huge Step Forward in IBD (and other diseases) Treatment”
Relating Bacterial Microbiome Structure to Specific Diseases: We’re One Step Closer
I wasn’t surprised to see this research out of Harvard University: it was inevitable. Scientists at Harvard and the Joslin Diabetes Center have analyzed the genetic makeup of bacterial microbiomes and linked these DNA signatures directly to specific diseases.[i] As more and more… Continue Reading “Relating Bacterial Microbiome Structure to Specific Diseases: We’re One Step Closer”
They Thymus Gland, the Microbiome, and Early Immune System Training
Loads of times, I have talked about how our microbiomes are the earliest instructors for our immune systems, teaching how to distinguish good from bad, and self from non-self. Many diseases are associated with lessons poorly learned: autoimmune disease results from the immune system… Continue Reading “They Thymus Gland, the Microbiome, and Early Immune System Training”
Diet and Your Gut Bacteria: Specific and Consistent Relationships Found
News flash (NOT!): eating unhealthy food is bad for you. While that is not exactly revolutionary, there is still a lot we don’t know, like exactly how diet affects different bacteria of the human biome. Thus, I am reporting to you an interesting study… Continue Reading “Diet and Your Gut Bacteria: Specific and Consistent Relationships Found”
The Two Faces of Candida
As you know, I like to keep up on research on all the different components of the human biome, so yesterday, I read an article in the International Journal of Medial Microbiology about fungi.[i] There were a bunch of really interesting facts which I’ll… Continue Reading “The Two Faces of Candida”
Crohn’s Disease and the Mycobiome: A Fungus Prevents Wound Healing
I was amazed by new research out of the Washington University in St. Louis done in conjunction with the Cleveland Clinic. Scientists discovered that a fungus called Debaryomyces hansenii, which is commonly used in the food industry to ripen the surfaces of cheese and… Continue Reading “Crohn’s Disease and the Mycobiome: A Fungus Prevents Wound Healing”
