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Gut Bacterium Linked to Depression in Premenopause

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Gut Microbiomes Offer Insights into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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Mucus-Eating Gut Bacteria May Promote Fever After Cancer Treatment

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Mice With a Healthy Gut Microbiome Are More Motivated to Exercise

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Cocaine Use Creates Feedback Loop with Gut Bacteria: Mouse Study

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Ethanol-Making Microbe Tied to Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

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Human Gut Bacteria Show Up in Urban Wildlife

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In Search of the Best Milk Recipe for Preemies’ Gut Bacteria

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Artificial Sweeteners Alter Gut Bacteria in Humans

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Phages Treat Gut Inflammation in Mice

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Finding Could Pave the Way to New, Targeted Antibody Treatments

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Mapping the Neighborhoods of the Gut Microbiome

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Bacterial Metabolite May Regulate Cognition in Mice

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What Happens to the Gut Microbiome After Taking Antibiotics?

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Bacteria Set Off Viral “Bombs” Inside Neighbors

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Bacteria-Infecting Viruses in Gut Microbiome Linked to Cognition

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Gut Microbes Help Ground Squirrels Endure Hibernation

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Universe 25 Experiment

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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