February 2, 2020

Gut Microbes May Help In Stroke Recovery

Gut microbes may help repair damage done to the body following a stroke. A study conducted out of the University of Kentucky and published in the Journal of Neuroscience, uncovers the idea that supplementin...

December 10, 2019

Fungus Linked To Pancreatic Cancer

A fungus found on the skin and scalp of humans and animals may drive pancreatic cancer. A study published in Nature last month found that the fungus, a yeast known as Malassezia (which has also been linked ...

October 22, 2019

Almost 8,000 Bacteria Strains Found In GI Tract

In an attempt to catalog all bacteria strains that reside in the human gut, scientists have identified, isolated, and preserved 7,758 bacteria strains from 90 study participants over a two-year period. The ...

September 6, 2019

Gut Microbes Determine Our Response to Medication…

…and this can really matter when we’re talking about cancer medication. Immunotherapy is a type of drug therapy used to treat cancer that focuses on boosting the immune system. Without the harmful side effe...

July 20, 2019

This Microbe Results In Significant Health Improvements In Obese & Overweight People

A microbe discovered 15 years ago shows promise in reducing health risks associated with overweightness and obesity in those struggling to lose weight. A study published this month in Nature Medicine used a...

June 25, 2019

Could This Synthetic Bacteria Strain Be A First In Creating Artificial Life?

Scientists have created E. coli bacteria using a 100% man-made genome. While the bacteria is “unusually shaped and reproducing slowly”, scientists say it’s alive and is four million base pairs long, four ti...

June 13, 2019

The Microbiome Of The Built Environment – An Important Determinant In Human Health

Adults spend approximately 93% of their time indoors and babies up to 98% of their infancy indoors. Yet, the built environment (which includes our manmade surroundings - the homes and cities we live in, the...

May 9, 2019

How Bacteria Survive Antibiotics

While we are never quick to recommend antibiotics at Gutbliss, they can definitely be life saving in certain situations – and when deadly bacteria don’t respond to antibiotics, there can be grave conse...