Month March 2024

๐†๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ฒ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฌ

Stachyose (ST), a natural compound found in cucumbers and legumes, has emerged as a promising therapeutic agent with diverse biological activities. In this study, researchers investigated the potential of ST in ameliorating blood deficiency syndrome (BDS) induced by cyclophosphamide (CP)โ€ฆ

๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ- ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ž-๐ข๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ ฮฒ-๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ž- ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐›๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ž-๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š

Hospital surfaces serve as reservoirs for bacterial pathogens, contributing to nosocomial infections and mortality, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The BARNARDS study aimed to assess the colonization of hospital surfaces and patient care equipment by Gram-negative bacteria (GNB)โ€ฆ

๐†๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐ข๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐“๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž 2 ๐ƒ๐ข๐š๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ

Consistent evidence supports the protective effects of dietary fiber intake against type 2 diabetes (T2D), yet the underlying mechanisms remain inadequately understood, particularly concerning the interplay between gut microbiota, circulating metabolites, and T2D risk. Researchers in this study aimed toโ€ฆ

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐›๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Antibiotic resistance poses a significant threat to global health, yet effective communication about this issue remains a challenge. This scientific report aims to provide a detailed analysis of recent publications addressing the language barriers in communicating antibiotic resistance. Researchers inโ€ฆ

A Mix of Potentially Probioticย ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’‡๐’†๐’“๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’–๐’Žย Strains Alters the Gut Microbiota in a Dose- and Sex-Dependent Manner in Wistar Rats

๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ is recognized for its potential probiotic properties, particularly its immunomodulatory effects. However, the influence of ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ on gut microbiota composition, especially concerning dose and sex-specific responses, remains underexplored. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of differentโ€ฆ

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐†๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ญ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’”/๐‘ท๐’“๐’†๐’—๐’๐’•๐’†๐’๐’๐’‚ ๐‘๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐

The gut microbiota is essential for maintaining host health, and perturbations in these microbes have been linked to various health conditions. While the role of sodium in health has been extensively studied, its effects on the human gut microbiome remainโ€ฆ

๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ณ๐ž: ๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐›๐ข๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐†๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ž

Antibiotics, celebrated as miracle medications for their ability to treat bacterial infections, have undeniably transformed modern medicine. However, their widespread and sometimes indiscriminate use has led to unintended consequences, particularly concerning the delicate balance of the gut microbiome. Antibiotics haveโ€ฆ

๐‘จ๐’…๐’๐’†๐’“๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’–๐’•๐’›๐’Š๐’‚ ๐’†๐’’๐’–๐’๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’”ย Is an Anti-Inflammatory Commensal Bacterium with Decreased Abundance in Gut Microbiota of Patients with Metabolic Liver Disease

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects a substantial proportion of the adult population in high-income countries and has become a leading indication for liver transplantation. NAFLD can progress to more severe conditions such as hepatocellular carcinoma. The gut microbiota dysbiosisโ€ฆ

Accurate and rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing using a machine learning-assisted nanomotion technology platform

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant global health threat by limiting treatment options for infected patients. Rapid and accurate antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) is crucial for guiding appropriate antibiotic therapy and combating AMR. Traditional AST methods rely on assessing bacterialโ€ฆ