Salty Diet Helps Gut Bugs Fight Cancer in Mice: Study

A high-salt diet suppressed the growth of tumors in a mouse model of melanoma, apparently because of an interplay between the gut microbiome and natural killer cells.

Salty Diet Helps Gut Bugs Fight Cancer in Mice: Study

A high-salt diet suppressed the growth of tumors in a mouse model of melanoma, apparently because of an interplay between the gut microbiome and natural killer cells.

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The Infant Gut Microbiome and Probiotics that Work

Jennifer T. Smilowitz and Diana Hazard Taft | Jun 1, 2020 | 10+ min read

The gut microbiome is more malleable in the first two years after birth, allowing probiotics to make their mark. Can we exploit this to improve infants’ health?

Infographic: The Changing Infant Gut Microbiome

Jennifer T. Smilowitz and Diana Hazard Taft | Jun 1, 2020 | 3 min read

The microbial makeup of a newborn baby’s intestines has changed dramatically over the past 100 years, and we are now beginning to understand how and why this matters.