Month: September 2022

BROAD ONION TEST. "Importantly, the comparison is not restricted to onions versus humans. It could as easily be between pufferfish and lungfish, which differ by ∼350-fold, or members of the genus Allium, which have more than a 4-fold range in genome size that is not the result of polyploidy." http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1004351 View in LinkedIn

THE QUESTION. "Why does an onion require five times more of it (the genome) than a human? " http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1004351 View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE follows on from the extensive subject about a range of parasites profoundly that affect host behavior and brain activity. We are also hosts to symbiotic gut bacteria, the gut microbiome, that also has profound effects on our brain, mood and development. These gut symbionts keep pathological bacteria under control. When the ecological balance is disturbed, the pathological bacteria gain a dominant position and cause illness. View in LinkedIn

SONG OF DARWIN. "The more I study nature, the more I become impressed […] that the contrivances and beautiful adaptations [acquired through natural selection] transcend in an incomparable degree [those] which the most fertile imagination of the most imaginative man could suggest with unlimited time at his disposal." https://lnkd.in/eykUy37 View in LinkedIn

GUT MICROBES AFFECT BRAIN. "Here, we report that colonization by gut microbiota impacts mammalian brain development and subsequent adult behavior...our results suggest that the microbial colonization process initiates signaling mechanisms that affect neuronal circuits involved in motor control and anxiety behavior." https://lnkd.in/e7Pmtsp View in LinkedIn

MICROBES DRIVE MANY HUMAN ORGANS. "Immediately after birth, the newborn organism is rapidly and densely populated with complex forms of indigenous microbes. This process has been shown to contribute to developmental programming of epithelial barrier function, gut homeostasis, and angiogenesis, as well as the innate and host adaptive immune function...gut microbiota have systemic effects on liver function." https://lnkd.in/e7Pmtsp View in LinkedIn

"EARLY LIFE environmental influences have a profound impact on the organism's later development, structure, and function. This phenomenon is called “developmental programming"...exerts effects that impact on structure and function of organs that, in some cases, will persist throughout life. One such environmental factor is the gut microbiota that, because of an evolutionary process, has adapted to coexist in commensal or symbiotic relationship with mammals." https://lnkd.in/e7Pmtsp View in LinkedIn

IMPORTANCE OF GUT MICROBES ON BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR. "We report that colonization by gut microbiota impacts mammalian brain development and subsequent adult behavior." https://lnkd.in/e7Pmtsp View in LinkedIn

GUT BACTERIA AND MENTAL HEALTH. "Early life perturbations of the developing gut microbiota can impact neurodevelopment and potentially lead to adverse mental health outcomes later in life." https://lnkd.in/egTKHRg View in LinkedIn

PROBIOTICS AND EMOTION. "A recent study in healthy women demonstrated that a four-week intake of a fermented milk product with probiotic affected activity of brain regions that control central processing of emotion and sensation, which is the first study showing a clear effect of manipulation of gut microbiota composition on brain function in humans." https://lnkd.in/eVmBTKH View in LinkedIn