Probiotic-prebiotic combination may ease eczema in kids: Study
“Supplements containing a combination of Lactobacillus salivarius and fructo-oligosaccharide for eight weeks were associated with significant reductions i...
Category: Links of note
University of Massachusetts Amherst creates 12,000 square foot food garden — City Farmer News
“The story of a group of University of Massachusetts students who set out to initiate the construction of the school’s first permaculture garden a year ag...
Domestic-use in-vessel composters – really cool
I stumbled upon domestic-use in-vessel composters (on a lead from @harvestpower, of course). I had heard of in-vessel composting, but never realized that at lea...
Health benefits and health claims of probiotics: bridging science and marketing – BJN
“Health claims for probiotics are evaluated by the Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies of the European Food Safety Authority. Despite a su...
A massive comfort : Nature : Nature Publishing Group
“Widely described as the point of no return, the event horizon of SgrA* would be the largest in our skies, but still just 30 microarcseconds across — the ...
Fuel From Waste? – ScienceNOW
“A team led by Jay Keasling, a bioengineer at the Joint BioEnergy Institute in Emeryville, California, worked to extend the strategy to make more commonly...
Ecology drives a global network of gene exchange connecting the human microbiome : Nature : Nature Publishing Group
“Horizontal gene transfer — the exchange of genetic material between different species or lineages — is an important factor in bacterial evolution. A stud...
The quest for the $500 home molecular biology laboratory >> Medical Laboratory Observer December 2011
“Molecular diagnostics and molecular biology in general are becoming more pervasive every day in a range of applications but are still seen by many as bei...
Bacterial physiology: Bacteria get old : Nature Reviews Microbiology
“A new study using data from earlier work that had generated conflicting results now reveals that bacteria do indeed age, but aging and rejuvenation occur...
Viral infection: The gut microbiota: friend or foe? : Nature Reviews Microbiology
“We normally think of the gut microbiota as the ‘friendly’ bacteria that carry out many beneficial functions, including protecting us from inf...