Recently there has been much in the scientific literature surrounding the gut-brain axis. We know now that the bidirectional communication between our brain and gut --our body sending signals to the ...

The gut-brain axis links your central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) with your enteric nervous system (the nervous ...

We often think of the gut simply as a place where food is digested, but science and our own experiences show it’s much more than that. Home to trillions of microbes, the gut quietly influences ...

At first glance, “trusting your gut” may seem intuitive, irrational, or even unscientific. However, science confirms that the digestive system is indeed “sensitive”; it contains its own autonomic ...

Researchers at the Biodesign Center for Health Through Microbiomes are developing studies and medical interventions to understand the gut microbiome, which is being studied in the context of skeletal ...

The work fits into a broader effort to understand how the immune system maintains balance – a theme underscored by this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries in immune tolerance ...

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and multiple sclerosis (MS), represent a growing global health burden ...

The world is so much bigger and more interesting than we can see with our naked eyes. If we could, we could watch cells grow, morph, and split again over and over again on the backs of our own ...