Each of a dozen or so volunteers had samples taken from multiple sites on the body—including the forehead, hands, feet, groin, armpits, and ears—and some of the volunteers were sampled again on three ...

Over the past 20 years, Unilever has invested in fundamental and translational research to understand the skin, scalp and oral microbiome. Unilever’s philosophy is to build and translate ...

which displays high species diversity in the face of high energy flux. Most notably, Gordon and colleagues 1 identified a core gut microbiome in unrelated individuals (both lean and obese), which ...

What the skin comes into daily contact with can change the types of ... affect the skin microbiome. The skin’s natural pH value is slightly acidic, with an average value of 4.7. This acidity ...

The term “microbiome” is shorthand for the vast and still largely unexplored worlds of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microorganisms that inhabit every corner of the planet. Bacteria form tiny ...

We have microbiomes on our skin, in our mouths and other orifices ... That is true to some extent, but new research on the role of the gut microbiome in ageing is pointing to what would constitute ...

Though Demodex mites are often seen as unwelcome guests, they play an essential role in the skin’s ecosystem. By maintaining ...

Their microbiomes deviated from standard controls, particularly in skin ... relative microbiome compositions at the genus ...

Researchers analyzed scalp microbiome samples from four anatomical sites ... National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), Bethesda, Md. It was published online ...

Soda consumption linked to gut microbiome changes The researchers found that soda consumption was linked to changes in nine species of gut bacteria. For instance, four species of bacteria that ...

Now think of your mouth as such a city, with the oral microbiome making up the citizenry. Composed of hundreds of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other species ... the gut to the skin, it is time ...