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Study: Low-calorie sweeteners can also enhance gut health
Updated : 2 days, 15 hours ago IST
Washington [US], August 7 (ANI): A low-calorie mixture that is as sweet as table sugar and, in lab experiments, feeds "good" gut microbes has been discovered, according to a recent study.
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Professional athletes perform better with solid gut :Study
Updated : 3 days, 20 hours ago IST
Washington [US], August 6 (ANI): According to a recent study, microbial instability in the gut may impair the performance of elite endurance athletes, and that short-term, high-protein diets are associated with this type of imbalance.
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NUS scientists develop probiotic to prevent large intestine infections
Updated : 5 days, 17 hours ago IST
Singapore, August 4 (ANI): Scientists at the National University of Singapore's (NUS Medicine) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine developed a probiotic to restore bile salt metabolism in the gastrointestinal tract in order to combat the onset and consequences of Clostridium Difficile infection
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Scientists discover a new gene to protect plants from common diseases
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Washington [US], August 2 (ANI): Scientists from the Ural Federal University and the Pushchino Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered a new gene to protect plants from common diseases like fungi, bacteria and adverse environmental factors.
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Study suggests stable gut helps elite athletes perform better
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Washington [US], August 1 (ANI): Microbial instability in the gut could hinder the performance of elite endurance athletes, and that short-term, high-protein diets are associated with this type of imbalance, suggests the findings of a recent study.
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Bacteria can remove plastic pollution from lakes: Study
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], July 26 (ANI): Some naturally-occurring lake bacteria grow faster and more efficiently on the remains of plastic bags than on natural matter like leaves and twigs. The bacteria break down the carbon compounds in plastic to use as food for their growth. The scientists said th
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Researchers investigate drug used to treat botulism disease
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Washington [US], July 26 (ANI): Botulism is a rare but deadly disease, and researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) are looking into a drug that is used to treat neuromuscular weakness as a potential treatment.
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Researchers find spray coating to protect surfaces against viruses and bac
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Sydney [Australia], July 22 (ANI): A team of Australian researchers has developed a first-of-its-kind sprayable coating that can prevent the surface spread of infection from bacteria and viruses, including COVID-19, for an extended period of time.
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Male and female gut microbiomes respond to antibiotics differently
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Washington [U.S], July 21 (ANI): In a new study, researchers found that antibiotics have sex-specific effects on the gut microbiome makeup of male and female laboratory rats. The findings could have implications for using the drugs in humans to treat or prevent bacterial infection.
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Feeding dogs raw meat linked to increased prevalence of antibiotic-resista
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Bristol [England], July 21 (ANI): Recent studies have linked germs that are resistant to vitally needed antibiotics to the feeding of raw meat to pet dogs.
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Research reveals genes from microbes crucial for insect evolution
Updated : 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI): Through horizontal gene transfer, microorganisms and plants may have provided insects an evolutionary advantage hundreds of millions of years ago. More than 1,400 genes from 218 different insect species, including butterflies and moths, are reported to have co
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Study: Bacteria in donor organs complicate immune response after transplan
Updated : 3 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Washington [US], July 18 (ANI): Organ transplant recipients take life-long immunosuppressive drugs to prevent their bodies from mounting an immune response against the donated organ, yet a substantial number of them still reject the organs. A new study shows that transplant recipients also m
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