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Unlocking the Human Microbiome Mysteries: From Cancer to COVID-19
The microbiome is a dynamic environment that can give researchers the inside scoop on health and disease.
Unlocking the Human Microbiome Mysteries: From Cancer to COVID-19
Unlocking the Human Microbiome Mysteries: From Cancer to COVID-19

The microbiome is a dynamic environment that can give researchers the inside scoop on health and disease.

The microbiome is a dynamic environment that can give researchers the inside scoop on health and disease.

metabolomics

Two bottles of pumped breast milk alongside a pacifier.
Viral Activation Can Shape Breast Milk Composition
Nathan Ni, PhD | Sep 19, 2024 | 5 min read
A new study employs a multiomic approach to study how cytomegalovirus activation impacts breast milk bioactive factors and the infant microbiota.
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Getting to the Root of the Plant Microbiota
Niki Spahich, PhD | Jul 8, 2024 | 5 min read
In plants, sugar transport and microbial community composition go hand in hand. 
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Linking Fasting to Health and the Gut Microbiome
The Scientist | 1 min read
Alex Mohr discusses a trial comparing various calorie-restricted diets on the gut microbiome and overall health measures.
Pieces of cheddar cheese.
How Microbes Craft Cheese Flavors
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD | Jul 1, 2024 | 2 min read
Bacterial strains compete and cooperate to make cheddar cheese tasty.
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Uncovering Secrets of Historic Paintings in the Modern Laboratory
Niki Spahich, PhD | Jun 26, 2024 | 6 min read
Heritage scientist Fabiana Di Gianvincenzo uses proteomics to identify protein damage and unusual materials in historic paintings and textiles.
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Bringing the Power of Multiomics Biomarker Discovery into Focus
Sapient Bioanalytics | 1 min read
Take a deep dive into the latest advances for gathering, integrating, and leveraging multiomics data for biomarker discovery.
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Exploring Microbial Dark Matter
Kamal Nahas, PhD | Apr 19, 2024 | 4 min read
An open-source search engine helps scientists identify hundreds of microbial metabolites in a matter of seconds. 
Setting Standards for Stool
Aparna Nathan, PhD | Jan 19, 2024 | 10+ min read
Microbiome studies have yielded hundreds of ideas for ways to detect and influence human health, but the field struggles with reproducibility challenges that hamper bringing these goals to fruition. Identical tubes of fecal matter should help.
An Introduction to Metabolomics
An Introduction to Metabolomics
Rebecca Roberts, PhD | 5 min read
As the closest reflection of biological phenotype, metabolomics provides critical information about human health and disease.
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Cancer Cells Need Fatty Acids to Survive in the Brain
Danielle Gerhard, PhD, Drug Discovery News | Aug 30, 2023 | 3 min read
Using a mouse model of breast cancer brain metastasis, researchers showed that tumor cells require fatty acid synthesis to grow, which offers a potential therapeutic target.
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Disease Scent Signatures Disclose What the Nose Knows
Iris Kulbatski, PhD | Jun 12, 2023 | 4 min read
Researchers redefine the lost art of smelling illness using one woman’s exquisitely sensitive nose.
The Ins and Outs of LC-MS
The Ins and Outs of LC-MS
Deanna MacNeil, PhD | 4 min read
From proteomics to pharmacokinetics, researchers turn to advances in liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry to identify and quantify components in different samples.
Illustration of green fluorescent bacterial cells.
Cocaine Use Creates Feedback Loop with Gut Bacteria: Mouse Study
Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | Nov 1, 2022 | 3 min read
A jolt of norepinephrine in the mouse gut facilitates colonization by certain microbes, which in turn deplete glycine, enhancing cocaine-induced behaviors.
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A Nose by Any Other Name: Tracking the Scent of Tumor Metabolic Waste
Iris Kulbatski, PhD | Apr 11, 2022 | 3 min read
The unique odor profiles of tumors can be used to develop diagnostic sensing tools.
Learn how to efficiently and gently prepare samples for NGS and beyond
How to Improve Yield and Reproducibility in Different          -Omics Applications
Covaris | 1 min read
Extracting nucleic acids and proteins gently from samples increases experimental success.
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Gut Bugs May Help Centenarians Reach Their 100th Birthdays
Roni Dengler, PhD | Aug 30, 2021 | 3 min read
Centenarians have distinct microbiomes with species that produce unique bile acids, which may help thwart illness.
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Blood Biomarkers Predict the Onset of Labor: Study
Abby Olena, PhD | May 6, 2021 | 3 min read
Researchers integrated information from 45 protein, metabolite, and immune data points to identify a window two to four weeks before a pregnant person will go into labor.
Learn How Multiomics Drives Biotherapeutic Discovery and Development
Advancing Biotherapeutics with Multiomics
The Scientist and Tecan | 1 min read
Explore how biomolecular processes drive health and disease.
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Distinct Microbiome and Metabolites Linked with Depression
Rachael Moeller Gorman | Dec 9, 2020 | 4 min read
The gastrointestinal tracts of people with major depressive disorder harbor a signature composition of viruses, bacteria, and their metabolic products, according to the most comprehensive genomic and metabolomic analysis in depression to date.
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