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Gut microbes govern cancer

Our body is made of trillions of cells. Each of these tiny building blocks has its defined role, and together they create organs. While different cells in our body may look different in size and shape, they all share one common thing – DNA. DNA... click to read more

  • Eliran Kadosh | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Lautenberg Center for Immunology and Cancer Research, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
  • Yinon Ben-Neriah | Professor at Lautenberg Center for Immunology and Cancer Research, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Reading time 3.5 min
published on Jul 29, 2021
Why extreme lack of sleep can kill you

Most of us are familiar with the unpleasant changes to our mood, and our ability to think, even after a single sleepless night. An alarming fact is that up to 50% of adults worldwide are estimated to regularly skimp on sleep. Sleep ensures proper brain function,... click to read more

  • Yosef Kaplan Dor | Research Fellow at Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • Alexandra Vaccaro | Research Associate at Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • Dragana Rogulja | Principal Investigator at Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Reading time 3 min
published on Nov 30, 2020
Modern stressors of gut microbes

Our intestine is inhabited by a large and diverse community of microbes, collectively referred to as the gut microbiota, composed of more than a thousand different species. We (the host) and our microbiota coexist for better or worse. On one hand, maintaining a healthy relationship... click to read more

  • Emilie Viennois | Assistant Professor at Neuroscience Institute, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA
  • Benoit Chassaing | Assistant Professor at Neuroscience Institute, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA
Views 4555
Reading time 3 min
published on Nov 5, 2018
Drive out the “bad bugs” to prevent colon cancers

There is a microscopic society living within us. Our bodies are home to more than 100 trillion microorganisms, similar to the number of human cells in the body. Many of them reside in our gut. Most of the time, this microsociety - which includes hundreds... click to read more

  • Cynthia L. Sears | Professor at The Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
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Reading time 3.5 min
published on Oct 31, 2018
Could our gut’s microbes be the guardians of our brain’s health?

In the same way as our genome contains the collection of all of our genes, we call microbiome the collection of microorganisms that have settled in our organism. Over the past decades, the gut microbiome, in particular, has been shown to affect our physical health:... click to read more

  • Margot Riggi | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Biochemistry Department, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
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Reading time 3.5 min
published on Oct 10, 2018