Researchers Receive Grant to Study the Brain to Gut Connection in Schizophrenia

There is considerable evidence to suggest that schizophrenia is characterized by abnormalities of the immune system, including.....

A New Era of Datasharing

The US BRAIN Initiative is producing vast amounts of data...

The Next frontier of Medicine: What's the Microbiome

Interconnected presents a 9 part series about the microbiome, which includes interviews with preeminent scientists, with Dr. Claire Fraser participating...

Heart Transplant Success or Failure May Depend on Gut Microbiota

Now, in a first-of-its-kind study, scientists from the University at Maryland School of Medicine have revealed that the success or failure rate of a heart transplant may be influenced by a key factor: the gut microbiome

Scientists Search for Bacteria on Famed Baltimore Monument

Video interview with Dr. Lynn Schriml as part of the #monumentome project....

Gut Bacteria, Nutrition and Your Health

Guests for MPT's Direct Connection are Dr. Claire Fraser, a leading researcher on the gut microbiome and Caroline Meehan, registered dietician at University of Maryland Medical Center...

Using 3D Printing to Sample the Ocean Floor

Dr. Matthew Cannon in Dr. David Serre's lab...

Disease Ontology Interview in Nature

Rodents move towards the Disease Ontology - interview with Dr. Lynn Schriml (paywall)

Regulating Fecal Transplants

To regulate fecal transplants, the FDA has to answer a serious question: what is poop? Science News interviews Dr. Jacques Ravel....

Gut Microbiota Species May Protect Against Typhoid

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) say they have found evidence that the presence of a key species in the human gut microbiome.....