Good Bacteria

  • Eradicating Dangerous Bacteria May Cause Permanent Harm
    In the zeal to eliminate dangerous bacteria, it is possible that we are also permanently killing off beneficial bacteria as well, posits Martin Blaser, MD, Frederick H. King Professor of Medicine, professor of microbiology and chair of the Department of Medicine at NYU ...More
    August 24, 2011
    Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
  • Stress Wrecks Intestinal Bacteria, Could Keep Immune System on Idle
    Stress not only sends the human immune system into overdrive – it can also wreak havoc on the trillions of bacteria that work and thrive inside our digestive system. New research suggests that this may be important because those bacteria play a significant role in ...More
    April 11, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Gut Bacteria Can Control Organ Functions
    Bacteria in the human gut may not just be helping digest food but also could be exerting some level of control over the metabolic functions of other organs, like the liver, according to research published this week in the online journal mBio®. These findings offer new ...More
    March 1, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Are Depressed People Too Clean?
    In an effort to pinpoint potential triggers leading to inflammatory responses that eventually contribute to depression, researchers are taking a close look at the immune system of people living in today's cleaner modern society. Rates of depression in younger people have ...More
    December 8, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Intestinal Enzyme Helps Maintain Population of Beneficial Bacteria
    An enzyme that keeps intestinal bacteria out of the bloodstream may also play an important role in maintaining the normal microbial population of the gastrointestinal system. Since the loss of beneficial bacteria that usually results from antibiotic therapy can sometimes ...More
    October 18, 2010
    Posted in News
  • New Research Technology to Target Human Gut Bacteria
    The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a three-year, $1.1 million grant to a team of scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory to develop a technology for studying the link between human health and disease and the microorganisms ...More
    September 15, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Repeated Antibiotic Use Alters Gut's Composition of Beneficial Microbes
    Repeated use of an antibiotic that is considered generally benign, because users seldom incur obvious side effects, induces cumulative and persistent changes in the composition of the beneficial microbial species inhabiting the human gut, researchers at the Stanford ...More
    September 13, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Confirm Role of Common Stomach Bacteria in Pancreatic Cancer
    Yale University researchers have discovered that colonization by the common stomach bacteria Helicobacter pylori in people with non-O blood types is associated with a nearly three-fold increased risk of pancreatic cancer.  The research, published online Feb. 24 in the ...More
    March 4, 2010
    Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
  • The Bacterial Balance That Keeps Us Healthy
    The thousands of bacteria, fungi and other microbes that live in our gut are essential contributors to our good health. They break down toxins, manufacture some vitamins and essential amino acids, and form a barrier against invaders. A study published today in Nature shows ...More
    March 4, 2010
    Posted in News
  • “Good” Bacteria Keep Immune System Primed to Fight Future Infections
    Scientists have long pondered the seeming contradiction that taking broad-spectrum antibiotics over a long period of time can lead to severe secondary bacterial infections. Now researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine may have figured out why. The ...More
    January 27, 2010
    Posted in News
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