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January 22, 2026

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A Common Vitamin Could Influence Bathroom Frequency

Jan. 22, 2026 Scientists studying genetic data from over a quarter million people have uncovered new clues about what controls how fast the gut moves. They identified multiple DNA regions linked to bowel movement frequency, confirming known gut pathways and ...

Tiny Doses of THC Show Big Benefits for HIV Treatment

Jan. 21, 2026 A new study suggests that micro-doses of THC could help counter many long-term side effects of HIV treatment without causing intoxication. In animal models, low-dose THC reduced inflammation, improved gut bacteria, boosted serotonin, and lowered ...

Scientists Discover Why Some Wounds Refuse to Heal

Jan. 20, 2026 Scientists have uncovered a surprising reason why some chronic wounds refuse to heal, even when treated with antibiotics. A common bacterium found in long-lasting wounds does not just resist drugs. It actively releases damaging molecules that ...

Harmful Mouth Bacteria May Trigger Parkinson’s Disease

Jan. 6, 2026 A familiar mouth bacterium best known for causing cavities may also be quietly influencing the brain. Scientists found that when this microbe settles in the gut, it produces compounds that can travel through the bloodstream and harm neurons involved ...

The Secret to Human Intelligence? It Might Be in Our Gut

Jan. 5, 2026 New research shows gut bacteria can directly influence how the brain develops and functions. When scientists transferred microbes from different primates into mice, the animals’ brains began to resemble those of the original host species. Microbes ...

Everyday Chemicals Are Quietly Damaging Beneficial Gut Bacteria

Jan. 5, 2026 A large study has revealed that dozens of widely used chemicals can damage beneficial gut bacteria. Many of these substances, found in pesticides and everyday industrial products, were never thought to affect living organisms at all. When gut ...

This Common Food Ingredient May Shape a Child’s Health for Life

Dec. 26, 2025 Scientists discovered that common food emulsifiers consumed by mother mice altered their offspring’s gut microbiome from the very first weeks of life. These changes interfered with normal immune system training, leading to long-term inflammation. ...

Your Roommate’s Genes May Be Shaping Your Gut Bacteria

Dec. 23, 2025 Scientists studying thousands of rats discovered that gut bacteria are shaped by both personal genetics and the genetics of social partners. Some genes promote certain microbes that can spread between individuals living together. When researchers ...

Sugar-free Sweeteners May Still Be Harming Your Liver

Dec. 20, 2025 Sorbitol, a popular sugar-free sweetener, may not be as harmless as its label suggests. Researchers found it can be turned into fructose in the liver, triggering effects similar to regular sugar. Gut bacteria can neutralize some of it—but too much ...

Is Your Gut Being Poisoned? Scientists Reveal the Hidden Impact of Everyday Chemicals

Dec. 2, 2025 Researchers discovered that 168 common chemicals can disrupt the growth of beneficial gut bacteria, with some also promoting antibiotic resistance. Many of these substances—found in food, water, ...

Scientists Find 15 Gut Bacteria That May Drive Heart Disease

Nov. 12, 2025 Scientists in Seoul have uncovered 15 gut bacterial species linked to coronary artery disease, showing that microbes can influence heart health far beyond digestion. Their findings reveal how shifts in gut microbial function — including ...

Scientists Shocked to Find E. Coli Spreads as Fast as the Swine Flu

Nov. 4, 2025 Researchers have, for the first time, estimated how quickly E. coli bacteria can spread between people — and one strain moves as fast as swine flu. Using genomic data from the UK and Norway, scientists modeled bacterial transmission rates and ...

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Smoking’s Hidden Gut Bacteria Trick May Lead to New Colitis Treatments

Sep. 19, 2025 For decades, scientists have puzzled over why smoking makes Crohn’s disease worse but seems to protect people from ulcerative colitis. Now, researchers at RIKEN have discovered that smoking creates ...

Hidden Gut Cells Could Transform Food Allergy Treatment

Sep. 8, 2025 Scientists have uncovered a surprising new pathway behind life-threatening food allergies. Instead of histamine, a different chemical called leukotrienes drives severe reactions in the gut. These ...

Cells “vomit” Waste in a Hidden Healing Shortcut That Could Also Fuel Cancer

Aug. 30, 2025 Scientists have uncovered a surprising new healing mechanism in injured cells called cathartocytosis, in which cells "vomit" out their internal ...

A Hidden Sugar Source in Ketchup, Salad Dressing, and Toothpaste

Aug. 25, 2025 UBC researchers revealed that gut bacteria can digest cellulose-based food thickeners, once thought indigestible, by using enzymes activated by natural dietary fibers. This discovery suggests these ...

Scientists Uncover Hidden Gut ‘sense’ That Talks to Your Brain

Aug. 6, 2025 Your gut may be talking to your brain in ways we never imagined. Scientists have discovered a “neurobiotic sense” — a rapid-response system where colon cells detect microbial proteins and ...

The Pandemic’s Secret Aftershock: Inside the Gut-Brain Breakdown

July 30, 2025 A new global study reveals a striking post-pandemic surge in gut-brain disorders like IBS and functional dyspepsia. Researchers compared data from 2017 and 2023 and discovered sharp increases IBS up ...

This Bedtime Snack Swap Could Rewire Your Gut and Help Prevent Diabetes

July 24, 2025 A new study reveals that swapping a typical nighttime carbohydrate snack for pistachios may beneficially alter gut bacteria in people with prediabetes. Conducted by Penn State researchers, the ...

Common Supplement Reverses Premature Aging in Landmark Human Trial

June 9, 2025 A rare genetic disorder called Werner syndrome causes premature aging and devastating health complications from an early age, yet treatment options have been lacking. New hope emerges from Chiba ...

Gut Bacteria and Acetate, a Great Combination for Weight Loss

May 21, 2025 Feeding the gut acetate, paired with the right Bacteroides bacteria, led mice to shed fat without losing muscle. The combo pushed their metabolism into fat-burning mode, similar to fasting or a keto ...

Engineered Bacteria Can Deliver Antiviral Therapies, Vaccines

May 21, 2025 New research demonstrates how specially engineered bacteria taken orally can operate as a delivery system for vaccines and antiviral ...

Fast Food, Fast Impact: How Fatty Meals Rapidly Weaken Our Gut Defenses

May 19, 2025 A study has become the first in the world to unravel the immediate effects of a high-fat diet on our gut ...

Food as Medicine: How Diet Shapes Gut Microbiome Health

May 6, 2025 Researchers show how mice fed a Western-style diet are not able to rebuild a 'healthy,' diverse gut microbiome following antibiotic treatment. These mice were also more susceptible to ...

A Digestive 'Treasure Chest' Shows Promise for Targeted Drug Treatment in the Gut

May 1, 2025 A new approach to drug design can deliver medicine directly to the gut in mice at significantly lower doses than current inflammatory bowel disease treatments. The proof-of-concept study introduced a ...

Explaining the Link Between 'Good' Gut Bacteria and Rheumatoid Arthritis

May 1, 2025 After spending years tracing the origin and migration pattern of an unusual type of immune cell in mice, researchers have shown in a new study how activity of 'good' microbes in the gut is ...

Designer Microbe Shows Promise for Reducing Mercury Absorption from Seafood

May 1, 2025 Scientists inserted DNA-encoding methylmercury detoxification enzymes into the genome of an abundant human gut bacterium. The engineered bacterium detoxified methylmercury in the gut of mice and ...

Protein Sources Change the Gut Microbiome -- Some Drastically

Apr. 30, 2025 Protein sources appear to have major effects on both the population and function of the mouse gut ...

Bacteria's Mysterious Viruses Can Fan Flames of Antibiotic Damage

Apr. 28, 2025 Scientists built a model that allows them to diminish phage communities from a mouse gut microbiome -- and then bring them back -- without affecting the bacteria. On a test run of their model, ...

Researchers Identify Pathway Responsible for Calciphylaxis, a Rare and Serious Condition

Apr. 23, 2025 The global burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rising, with more than 800 million people affected worldwide. Vascular diseases in patients with CKD are unique and grouped as uremic vascular ...

How Bacteria in Our Aging Guts Can Elevate Risk of Leukemia and Perhaps More

Apr. 23, 2025 Scientists have discovered a surprising new connection between gut health and blood cancer risk one that could transform how we think about aging, inflammation, and the early stages of ...

Early Mutations and Risk Factors for Stomach Cancer, and Develops a Pre-Cancer Model for Stomach Cancer Prevention

Apr. 16, 2025 Researchers have made significant advancements in understanding the earliest stages of stomach cancer, a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, through two recent innovative studies. With ...

Gut Microbes Release Cancer-Fighting Bile Acids That Block Hormone Signals

Apr. 15, 2025 Bacteria naturally present in the human intestine (known as the gut microbiota) can transform cholesterol-derived bile acids into powerful metabolites that strengthen anti-cancer immunity by blocking ...

Clockwork, Just for Antibiotic Resistance?

Apr. 7, 2025 Could a gene regulatory network in gut microbes have evolved its elaborate and tightly regulated molecular machinery only to pump out antibiotics indiscriminately? Researchers show this is an ...

Scientists Reveal New Toxin That Damages the Gut

Apr. 7, 2025 Scientists have discovered how a diarrhea-causing strain of bacteria uses 'molecular scissors' to cut open and destroy gut cells, leading to severe illness and sometimes ...

Some Gut Bacteria Could Make Certain Drugs Less Effective

Apr. 3, 2025 A new study shows how common gut bacteria can metabolize certain oral medications that target cellular receptors called GPCRs, potentially rendering these important drugs less ...

Multi-Resistance in Bacteria Predicted by AI Model

Apr. 2, 2025 An AI model trained on large amounts of genetic data can predict whether bacteria will become antibiotic-resistant. The new study shows that antibiotic resistance is more easily transmitted between ...

How Specialized Diet Can Improve Gut Disorders

Apr. 1, 2025 A new study examined whether a specialized diet could improve symptoms of gastrointestinal disorders linked to an imbalance in gut ...

C. Diff Uses Toxic Compound to Fuel Growth Advantage

Mar. 25, 2025 The pathogen C. diff -- the most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea -- can use a compound that kills the human gut's resident microbes to survive and grow, giving it a ...

Earliest Stages and Possible New Cause of Stomach Cancer Revealed

Mar. 19, 2025 Scientists have systematically analyzed somatic mutations in stomach lining tissue to unpick mutational processes, some of which can lead to cancer. The team also uncovered hints of a potential new ...

Helicobacter Pylori Treatment Practices in the Asia-Pacific Region

Mar. 18, 2025 Researchers conducted a large-scale online survey of clinicians in the Asia-Pacific region to investigate treatment policies for the gastric cancer-causing bacteria Helicobacter ...

FDA-Approved Dialysis Drug May Help Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance

Mar. 18, 2025 Increased antibiotic use can lead, seemingly paradoxically, to more problematic infections, as the bacteria evolve to resist the treatment. The answer to this antimicrobial resistance, which the ...