Here's a couple of interesting blog posts on the microbiome, some of which also expand a bit on the hygiene hypothesis:
10 Ways the Human Microbiome Project Could Change the Future of Science and Medicine
"By treating our microbiomes like ecosystems — equipping it with the
resources it needs to sort itself out rather than attacking it, guns
blazing — some researchers hope to usher in a new way of thinking about
our relationship with bacteria and other microorganisms." - Find it
here.
Human microbiota and atherosclerosis
Data adding to the infection hypothesis of atherosclerosis; find it
here.
Are Your Gut Bacteria Vegetarian?
Examples of how differences in diets may be associated with differences in gut microbiota. Find it
here
Gut Flora, Probiotics and Vitamins A + D - Do they influence Allergy and Autoimmunity?
"For over 30 years data has been building to scientifically support the
hypothesis that intestinal cohabitants operate in a collective manner
with macro and micro food intakes to shape and define our immune systems
from an early age." - A post including an updated version of the hygiene hypothesis and a bit on faecal bacteriotherapy as well... go
here
The Healthy Human Microbiome
- from "NIH Research Matters". Very general, but with some other links too, - read it
here.
How Bacteria Break Down Human Food
Read about the carbohydrate metabolising abilities of bacteria living in different anatomical sites of your body
here.
Dirtying Up Our Diets
More about the possible explanation for the alarming rise in allergic and autoimmune disorders in NY Times, go
here.
More from NY Times, this time by Carl Zimmer:
Our Microbiomes, Ourselves
Using bacteria as living drugs against obesity, autoimmune diseases and intractable GI infections... find it
here.
And - for the more hardcore fanatics - thanks to Jonathan Eisen (@phylogenomics) who writes the blog "
The Tree of Life" -
here's a collection of many of the recent papers and news stories concerning the human microbiome project (HMP).
And finally - to top it off:
Microbiome analysis helps understand cause of chronic sinus condition, suggests cure
They found that patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (chronic inflammation of the paranasal sinuses) had a depleted nasal microbiome,
characterised by a significant reduction in bacterial diversity and an
overgrowth of one type of bacteria,
Corynebacterium spp. +
Lactobacillus depletion. Presented at ASM2012. Read it
here.
And for those who think that I have been disgressing lately, - I'll be back with more on
Blastocystis in my next post - look out!
