microbes
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Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa found that certain gut microbes are associated with slower biological aging, while others are linked to faster aging.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
In other words, finding certain microbes in people who age more slowly does not necessarily mean those bacteria are responsible for slowing the aging process.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
Studying individual bacterial species provided valuable information, but the human gut is far more complicated than a collection of isolated microbes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
As the barrier weakens, however, toxins and other products generated by gut microbes can travel to the liver.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Writing marched together with weapons, microbes, and centralized political organization as a modern agent of conquest.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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