Tag: gut bacteria

  • Nation & World

    Gut microbes eat our medication

    Study published in Science shows that gut microbes can chew up medications, with serious side effects.

    6 minutes
    Professor looks over the shoulder of grad student working in the lab
  • Nation & World

    Your gut’s what you eat, too

    A new Harvard study shows that, in as little as a day, diet can alter the population of microbes in the gut – particularly those that tolerate bile – as well as the types of genes expressed by gut bacteria.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    My microbes

    A new study reports that the superabundance of microbial life lining our GI tracts has co-evolved with us. These bacteria, which are essential for a healthy immune system, are ultimately our evolutionary partners.

    3 minutes