Gut Microbiome

Gut-lung axis: Intestinal microbiome and metabolite changes may be linked to COPD, reveals study

The researchers suggested that understanding the gut-lung axis better — especially how it affects respiratory disease progression — could also provide appropriate avenues for the development of therapies, drugs, and possibly even a cure for COPD in the future

Future weight loss may be determined by brain's subnetwork, its link with gastrointestinal system, says study

A number of factors contribute to or may be the chief cause of obesity, including metabolism, cognition, eating behaviours and the state of the gut microbiome.

Adaption of microbes living in our gut helped early humans survive in new areas

Our ancestor's microbes made it possible to digest, detoxify the foods they were eating in the new areas they went too.

First bacteria to colonize our gut affects how we fights chronic disease as adults

The adult gut microbiome is quite similar to the microbiome first introduced, the results show.