A research team of Prof. Eijiro Miyako at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) has discovered that the bacterium Ewingella americana, isolated from the intestines of Japanese ...

Recent research has identified practical ways to protect and deliver oxygen-sensitive gut bacteria for a path toward safer, ...

This sibling-controlled East Asian study found that autistic individuals, their unaffected siblings, and typically developing ...

Diet is increasingly recognized as a fundamental factor shaping the composition and activity of the gut microbiota, with profound implications for host ...

Studies have linked them to colorectal cancer and other digestive conditions. By Alice Callahan Walk into a typical supermarket in the United States, and much of what you see — breakfast cereals, ...

Regulatory T cells (T reg cells), a specialized type of immune cell, are usually seen as "peacekeepers" that prevent excessive immune attacks. Surprisingly, a new study published in Signal ...

A toxin-secreting gut bacterium may fuel ulcerative colitis by killing protective immune cells that maintain intestinal homeostasis, according to a new study. The findings suggest potential for new ...

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As such, treatments that provide the cells with enough pep to finish their job are in high demand. Now, in a study published Nov. 11 in the journal Immunity, researchers report that simple dietary ...