A new study published on the medRxiv preprint server was based on the hypothesis that the environmental mycobiome (fungi) is a likely important factor in determining area-level variation in COVID-19 mortality.
Gut health reflected by gut microbiota helps manage diabetes mellitus in pregnant women known as Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM). Gut microbiota imbalance during pregnancy induces glucose intolerance and, thereby, gestational diabetes.
Researchers from Germany recently analyzed saliva and fecal samples from SARS-CoV-2 infected and post-COVID-19 patients and controls while considering multiple influencing factors during hospitalization. This study is available on the bioRxiv preprint server.
Fasting can reduce hypertension by reshaping the composition of gut microbiota
Nearly half of adults in the United States have hypertension, a condition that raises the risk for heart disease and stroke, which are leading causes of death in the U. S.
At Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. David J. Durgan and his colleagues are dedicated to better understand hypertension, in particular the emerging evidence suggesting that disruption of the gut microbiota, known as gut dysbiosis, can have adverse effects on blood pressure.
Previous studies from our lab have shown that the composition of the gut microbiota in animal models of hypertension, such as the SHRSP (spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone rat) model, is different from that in animals with normal blood pressure.
CU researcher receives NIH grant to analyze the link between gut microbiome and osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis affects the joints, but according to researcher Michael Zuscik, PhD, it may start in the gut.
Zuscik, Mack Clayton professor and vice chair of research in the Department of Orthopedics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and director of the Colorado Program for Musculoskeletal Research (CPMR), recently received a $3.175-million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to analyze the link between the gut microbiome and osteoarthritis specifically in the obese context and investigate whether strategies that shape the gut microbiome can halt or reverse the progression of the disease.