A microbe called Turicibacter improves metabolic health and reduces weight gain in mice. The results could lead to new ways to control weight by adjusting gut bacteria.
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Drugs currently in clinical trials for other conditions could help reduce risk of heart attack and stroke for IBD patients. "This could be lifesaving," senior author says.
Disease modeling research suggests that for some cholera outbreaks, prescribing antibiotics more aggressively could slow or stop the spread of the disease and even reduce the likelihood of antibiotic resistance.
Leading scientists joined forces to explore how the microbes that live in and on our bodies can be leveraged to provide real-world solutions and improve health care.
Research has found that C. difficile, one of the most contagious hospital-acquired infections, spreads more than three times more than previously thought, moving covertly from surface to surface.
The results could ultimately help doctors reduce the risk of type 1 diabetes—or potentially even restore pancreas function in adulthood—by providing gut microbes that help the pancreas grow and heal.
The part of the immune system that causes allergies has been shaped from day one by the most successful human pathogens on the planet. Learning how we've evolved together could...
A fungal respiratory infection, Valley fever, could be more widespread than anyone predicted. An interdisciplinary team of researchers is trying to map the danger zones across the state--and predict where...
Researchers at the U are developing interventions to equitably improve antibiotic use, investigating slavery's contributions to climate change, and exploring a feminist history of Islamic spaces.
Scientists across the Mountain West will investigate the health effects of the amassed bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms that live in and on the human body.
Nearly every day in every corner of Utah, young athletes train or compete in the outdoors, breathing in air that may be, at times, laden with fine particulate matter, dust...
A new study will take a closer look at the viability of flu and coronavirus after aerosol-producing events in hospitals. As the COVID pandemic began to unfold in late 2019...
The COVID-19 pandemic spotlighted how a rapid and effective response to infectious disease outbreaks is critical for saving lives and protecting communities. With a $17.5 million, five-year grant from the...
Compared to other high-income countries, the U.S. has a high rate of maternal mortality, and in Utah, substance use is the leading cause of pregnancy-related death.
Initial findings from a study of nearly 10,000 Americans, many of whom had COVID-19, have uncovered new details about long COVID, the post-infection set of conditions that can affect nearly...
More than 25% of parents surveyed report that they were less than truthful about their children’s COVID-19 status or that they didn't follow the disease’s preventive guidelines during the pandemic...
