Imagine the magnificent glaciers of Greenland, the eternal snow of the Tibetan high mountains, and the permanently ice-cold groundwater in…
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Bacteria naturally present in the human intestine (known as the gut microbiota) can transform cholesterol-derived bile acids into powerful metabolites…
Read More » Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments…
Read More » A team of scientists from Goethe University Frankfurt, University of Marburg and Stockholm University have elucidated an ancient mechanism of…
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Read More » Gut microbes that were thought to feed exclusively on dietary fiber also get fed sugar from our guts, from which…
Read More » Could the key to easing anxiety be hidden in our gut? Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and the National Neuroscience…
Read More » It is well known that consuming sugary drinks increases the risk of diabetes, but the mechanism behind this relationship is…
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