Called the UB Microbiome Center Gnotobiotic Animal Research Facility, it will train scientists in how to use gnotobiotic ...

A recent study conducted in mice suggests that specific beneficial bacteria in a pregnant mother’s gut could support healthy ...

Findings suggest that molecules made by gut bacteria are key for the beneficial effects of the ketogenic diet in MS models.

Young germ-free mice transplanted with the microbes of aged mice also experienced higher inflammatory signaling and increased ...

offering medical researchers the ability to raise and study mice in an environment free of germs and microbes. One of only a handful of “gnotobiotic” research centers around the country ...

In addition to the production of serotonin, the gut also worked overtime to maintain high levels of the molecule. The small ...

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Researchers will use germ-free mice to examine how oral bacteria influence health conditions throughout the body, according to a Nov. 7 news release. The grant was awarded by the National Institutes ...

Research from University College Cork shows that gut microbiota influences stress responses via circadian rhythms. Depleting gut bacteria alters stress hormone levels and disrupts gene expression in ...

Gordon’s group transplanted gut microbes from both genetically obese mice and lean mice into a group of germ-free mice, which were specially raised to have no microbes. Despite all the mice eating the ...

The researchers showed that "germ-free" mice - those that never came into contact with microbes - pumped out twice the amount of stress hormone when distressed than normal mice. The animals were ...