Can our gut heal our knees? A familiar dietary fiber is opening a new line of inquiry into one of the most stubborn forms of joint pain. A daily dose of dietary fiber did something that six weeks of physiotherapy…
Long overshadowed by bacteria, the gut virome is now stepping into the spotlight as a key player in health and disease. Though it makes up only a fraction of the microbiome's biomass, the virome—especially bacteriophages—may hold outsized influence…
ONE HEALTH | FOOD SAFETY In Purdue’s Department of Food Science, researchers are taking on issues of food and health in new and innovative ways. Their work fits neatly into Purdue’s new One Health Initiative, launched last year to “tackle complex…
Fiber is known for keeping your gut moving, but it may help your whole body stay moving, too — at least, according to a new study. The clinical trial conducted by researchers at the University of Nottingham found that daily fiber…
The bacterial communities that live inside everyone are quite similar and stable when times are good, but when stress enters the equation, those communities can react very differently from person to person. A microbiological version of the "Anna Karenina principle,…
A pioneering study has uncovered the vital role that gut microbiota plays in regulating stress responses by interacting with the body's circadian rhythms. The findings open the door for developing new microbial-based therapies that could help individuals better manage stress…
DM: There is no accepted definition. I think personalized nutrition is the idea that we want to personalize something to the person, but I think precision nutrition goes further and applies data and quantitative science and artificial intelligence, machine learning and…
Original story from Carnegie Mellon University (PA, USA). Biological clocks are often associated with light. Historically, most people start their days when the Sun is up, and end their days when the sun sets. But new research from Carnegie Mellon…
The findings, which appear today in Nature, could lead to the development of a microbial transplant for patients that manages antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a more targeted way and with fewer side effects than current treatments. "Despite two decades of microbiome…
Updated - October 29, 2026 10:49 am IST - Kozhikode Trillions of bacteria living in the human gut may play a role in Parkinson’s disease, a brain disorder that causes tremors, stiffness, and slowed movement, according to a new study involving patients from Keralam. Researchers…
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