A study finds that the enzymes in probiotic bacteria that act on bile salts in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract govern growth of the bacteria. Bile salts in the GI tract promote digestion, but their ...
Ask someone what they think of when they hear the phrase "bile acids," and you might get a few unpleasant answers. Ask Robert Quinn, assistant professor in Michigan State University's Department of ...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 86, No. 18 (Sep. 15, 1989), pp. 6913-6916 (4 pages) A catalytically active bile salt-dependent cholesteryl ester ...
A healthy person has a general balance of good and bad bacteria. But that balance is thrown off when someone gets sick. So, to help boost their levels of good bacteria, many people take probiotic ...
The human microbiome is composed of bacteria, archaea, viruses, and eukaryotic microbes that reside in and on our bodies. These microbes have tremendous potential to impact our physiology, both in ...
Scientists have found that deleting a single gene in a particular strain of gut bacteria causes changes in metabolism and reduced weight gain in mice. Scientists have found that deleting a single gene ...
A healthy person has a general balance of good and bad bacteria. But that balance is thrown off when someone gets sick. So, to help boost their levels of good bacteria, many people take probiotic ...
Bile acids are essential to digestion, by acting like a kind of detergent that breaks up fat molecules. Fat doesn't dissolve in water, but our digestive system is full of water, so the fat we consume ...
Scientists from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital have shown that deleting a single gene in a certain strain of intestinal bacteria caused metabolic changes and reduced weight ...
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