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A Kobe University team found that glucose is excreted into the small intestine, where bacteria transform it into short-chain fatty acids. The endocrinologist OGAWA Wataru explains: “The production of short-chain fatty acids from the excreted glucose is a huge discovery. While these compounds are traditionally thought to be produced through the fermentation of indigestible dietary fibers by gut microbiota, this newly identified mechanism highlights a novel symbiotic relationship between the host and its microbiota.”

Our Bodies Secretly Feed Gut Bacteria Sugar Through Hidden Pathway, Study Reveals

From top left: Biologist Bryan Hsu with immunologist Liwu Li. Bottom left: Zachary Baker, a doctoral student in the Hsu Lab, and research assistant professor Yao Zhang from the Li Lab.

Biologists transform gut bacteria into tiny protein pharmacies

Intestine with microbiome Credit: Credit Oleksandra Troian Getty

Study: Fiber-Rich Diet May Be Better Than Probiotics for Fighting Gut Infections

Soy protein β-conglycinin increases the production of short-chain fatty acids by intestinal bacteria, which slows the progression of heart failure.

Soy Protein Shown to Support Heart Health Through Gut Bacteria

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Gut Microbiome Changes Could Help Predict and Prevent Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Study Links PFAS to Kidney Function and Gut Health

Newborn baby in swaddling

Beneficial Bacteria in Newborns Could Lead to Breakthrough Probiotic Treatments

Scale with healthy foods

Prebiotics Show Promise in Managing Inflammatory Bowel Disease, but Caution Needed

By playing Borderlands Science, a mini-game within the looter-shooter video game Borderlands 3, 4.5 million gamers have helped trace the evolutionary relationships of more than a million different kinds of bacteria that live in the human gut.

Gamers Help Scientists Make Major Breakthrough in Understanding the Human Gut

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Resistant starch supplement reduces liver triglycerides in people with fatty liver disease

Scrabble pieces spelling PROBIOTIC. Credit Pixabay

Gut Microbes Could Help Block Toxic Metals

Left to right: Professor Hiroki Ishikawa, Miho Tamai, and Masato Hirota from the Immune Signal Unit looked for associations between genes and proteins from blood immune cells and gut bacteria, and an individual’s immune response.

Gut bacteria could be behind weaker immune responses to COVID-19 vaccine

Researchers have identified gut bacteria that are associated with dementia with Lewy bodies.

Researchers identify three intestinal bacteria found in dementia with Lewy bodies

For years, investigators have sought to understand why people develop diabetes by studying the composition of the microbiome, which is a collection of microorganisms that include fungi, bacteria and viruses that live in the digestive tract. Photo by Getty.

Gut bacteria may play a role in diabetes

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