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Drawing a Line From the Gut Microbiome to Inflammation and Depression

January 21, 2025

Study provides explanation for one bacterium’s link to mental health

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Harvard Medical School Microbiome Researcher Receives Top Science Award

September 19, 2023

Dennis Kasper named recipient of the 2024 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize

Illustration of intestinal bacteria in the gut microbiome

When It Comes to Immunity, You Are What You Eat

June 28, 2023

Mouse study shows how diet altered by gut microbes spurs development of immune cells

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Countering Gut Inflammation

March 16, 2022

The findings bring scientists a step closer to developing small-molecule and bacterial treatments…

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Diet, Gut Microbes, and Immunity

November 16, 2021

How the inner dwellers of our gut affect our immunity

Gut bacteria in human intestines

Gut Check

May 18, 2021

Can scientists build a test to gauge disease risk by sampling the bugs in one’s gut?

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The Guts of Our Ancestors

May 12, 2021

Findings reveal insights about the evolution of gut microbes in response to diet and environment

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New Phase of Microbiome Research

November 23, 2020

Interrogating the microbiome to find answers about disease

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Antiviral Defense from the Gut

November 18, 2020

Study looks at gut bacteria role in resistance to viral infections

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A Mother's Bugs

January 8, 2020

Newborn mice derive protective antibodies from their mothers’ microbiota

Why are newborns protected…

Salmonella bacterium

More than a Watchdog

December 5, 2019

New research casts in new light the role of the immune system as a mere sense-and-alert mechanism

Histology slides show lipid molecules in mouse livers

Demystifying the Microbiome

July 25, 2018

Study helps clarify how gut bacteria affect host metabolism

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