microbes
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have found that gut microbes can transform nitrate and iron from food into molecules that may help protect against cardiovascular and metabolic disease.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Higher levels of antibodies targeting common microbes, including Staphylococcus aureus, RSV and human respirovirus 3, were associated with stronger responses to COVID-19 vaccines.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
In experiments involving germ-free mice, which lack all microbes, butyrate still created a persistent immune-regulating environment.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Bradley Moore, an oceanographer at the University of California, San Diego, studies marine microbes and the chemicals they produce, including compounds that have potential applications in human medicine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The extensive publicity about Garfield's slow, agonizing death shined the light on the role of microbes in human health.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
