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Tag: Mycobiome
2019: A Top Post Roundup
As promised, I am writing my annual review of top stories from the previous year but this time, I’m not picking my favorites, I’m picking yours. I thought it would be fun to see which of my posts got the top views for the…
Using Yeasts to Fight Yeasts
I like it when I can report on -omes other than the bacterial microbiome, especially when the research is about using a natural and benign substance to treat a serious pathogen in fighting disease. In this case, researchers in the USA and India have…
Pancreatic Cancer and the Mycobiome
A brief post today as I find myself way behind on, well, everything! I found this really interesting and I don’t often get to write about the mycobiome. New research has just come out which shows that a particular form of pancreatic cancer –…
C.Difficle Infections…A Case of the “omes” Working Together?
As my regular readers know, I am particular interested in science that looks at how the various kingdoms of the human biome interact to promote health or disease. Another interesting article came out recently that looks at how yeasts and bacteria work together to…
Biofilms and the Mycobiome/IBD Connection: A Refresher and a Probiotic Treatment Finally?!
I’ve decided to start this week with some good news. A few days ago, the headline of a little op-ed sort of piece on a science-devoted website caught my eye: “It’s Time to Highlight Our Fungus Friends in Our Microbiomes.”[i] The author gives a…
A Quick Update on the Mycobiome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A great article appeared last week on Gut Microbiota for Health,[i] on the overlooked mycobiome in digestive diseases. I’ve written about this topic several times before and am always very happy to see new research focused on the topic. The authors of the paper[ii]…
Spondylitis and Microbiome Dysbiosis: Both Bacterial and Fungal
So many interesting things to write about…so little time! Last October, I wrote a post about spondyloarthropothies, which is a family of autoimmune diseases that affect the spine. These include Ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, arthritis related to inflammatory bowel disease, reactive arthritis, and juvenile…
Pathogenic Yeast and Autism: Is the Mycobiome a Factor?
Tuesday evening I printed out a bunch of new articles to read that looked potentially interesting. I’ve so far made it through 2, and one of those did not disappoint. A brief seque: I’ve probably mentioned this before, but because of my autism longevity…
Autism and the Microbiome: A Summary of What We Know Now
Two days ago, I spotted a short commentary[i] in the journal, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, from this past August, which really caught my attention. Here is why: it was written by 3 researchers in the department of neurology at Rutgers University’s medical school…
Schizophrenia and the Mycobiome: A Pilot Study
I don’t often find articles of interest about organisms of the human biome other than bacteria, but yesterday, I came across one looking at the mycobiome in schizophrenia that is definitely worth writing about. I’ve actually covered research by this research team in the…
