"To get there, we first need to understand what a healthy normal gut flora looks like, and what factors impact the bacterial composition. This requires large population studies, like the Malmö ...

The world’s most widely used organic insecticide relies on an insect’s normal gut flora to do its dirty ... that the insects’ normal gut bacteria play a role. The researchers fed gypsy ...

If gut bacteria play a role in human behavior, its possible that therapies that aim to restore normal gut flora, such as probiotics, may be helpful in correcting behavior and mood changes in ...

Gut flora, also known as the microbiome, is basically the bacteria composition of your ... all of which are fairly normal for most people. Talk about a diverse community! The moment we’re ...

Beyond its digestive functions, the microbiota plays a role in our metabolism, moods, and even our genes. Here’s how to ...

The gut bacteria composition changes a lot in a baby’s first year. “The gut flora changes as the baby’s diet changes from breast milk or formula to solid food.

Giving germ-free mice a dose of Clostridia bacteria made the animals more like their counterparts with normal gut flora. The microbes encourage mouse cells to make mucus that helps seal up the ...

When the gut flora contains too many harmful bacteria and not enough friendly ... versus two nights of normal sleep duration (8.5 hours) in nine men. Nevertheless, sleep deprivation’s effects ...

If the natural balance of the gut flora is disturbed ... and vancomycin may be prescribed to kill the bacteria and restore the normal digestive flora. In 2011, the antibiotic Dificid (fidaxomicin ...

A new genetic study reveals that some gut bacteria and blood chemicals aren ... and colonization by normal gut flora increased bone formation rate and femur length. This suggests that gut ...

"If you have normal gut flora, you are not susceptible to infection." Cephalosporins are a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics. They work by interfering with a bacterial cell's penicillin-binding ...