The nationwide experiment will initially include around 100,000 volunteers.
Hundreds of samples from microbes living in the gut, skin, mouth, and vagina add to the human microbiome “fingerprint.”
The Scientist
Most Recent
Bacterial strains in mice’s gut microbiomes mediated their pups’ risk for developing abnormal behaviors.
Exposure to the body’s humidity causes a film of the microbes to change shape, opening flaps in the garment to allow for increased airflow.
Neuropharmacologist John Cryan of University College of Cork in Ireland explains the links between the microbiome and the central nervous system.
Most didn’t believe French doctor Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran when he said he’d spotted the causative agent of the disease—and that it was an animal.
How psychedelic drugs and infectious microbes alter brain function
Researchers are piecing together the links between the gut microbiome and mental health.
See the bacteria-powered, breathable clothing made by former MIT researcher Wen Wang and colleagues.
The once fringe idea is gaining traction among the scientific community.
Emerging evidence links bacterial or viral infection with the neuropathology of Alzheimer’s disease.
Popular Now
-
The Nutshell Estonia Offers Free Genetic Testing to Residents -
Daily News Human Brain Organoids Thrive in Mouse Brains After implantation, the tissue developed blood vessels and became integrated into neuronal networks in the animals’ brains.
-
Daily News RNA Injection Restores Hearing in Guinea Pigs Researchers deliver small interfering RNAs loaded into nanoparticles into the ears of adult guinea pigs to regenerate hair cells damaged by noise.
-
The Nutshell Jim Bridenstine Confirmed to Lead NASA The US Senate narrowly approved the politician, who does not have a science background.
Current Issue
© 1986-2018 The Scientist
