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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Higher levels of bile acid-metabolizing microbiota correlated significantly with type and location ...
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 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 ...
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 ...