microbiome Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

Weaning, more than a change of food: it shapes a life-long, healthy gut

March 24, 2026 antibiotics, babies, DNA methylation, epigenetic change, gut immunity, MHC Class II, microbiome, Research, weaning

In animal models, weaning reshaped the gut microbiome, which in turn ‘trained’ intestinal stem cells to respond better to microbes later in life.

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From the Labs’ most viewed posts of 2025

January 8, 2026 Aging, Barrett's esophagus, CAR T cell, medulloblastoma, microbiome, psychedelic mushrooms, Research

These are the top five science posts selected by our viewers in 2025.

A graphic illustration of a family that appear as silhouettes filled with germs.

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Understanding the world within: study reveals new insights into phage–bacteria interactions in the gut microbiome

February 25, 2025 bacteria, diabetes type 1, microbiome, phages, Research, TEDDY study

By evaluating temporal trends in the guts of developing children, this study helps to lay the groundwork for therapeutics and diagnostics leveraging the microbiome and its constituents.

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Microbiome’s link to severe graft-versus-host disease suggests potential treatment

February 28, 2023 bone marrow transplant, GVHD, iron chelator, microbiome, oxygen, Research

This is one of the first studies to provide an explanation and a potential solution for the imbalance in the gut microbiome that exacerbates GVHD.

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A novel, powerful tool to unveil communication between gut microbes and the brain

January 13, 2023 gut-brain axis, microbe metabolites, microbiome, Research

This protocol gives researchers a road map to understand the complex traffic system between the gut and the brain and its effects.

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Emu has improved the accuracy of bacterial identification

July 7, 2022 16S, bacterial identification, microbiome, next-generation sequencing, Research, rRNA

Emu can advance our understanding of the roles of the microbiome in water, soil and the intestinal tract.

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April is National Autism Awareness Month

April 12, 2022 fruit fly, microbiome, National Autism Awareness Month, PTEN, Research, single-cell connections, Vaccines

From the Labs presents a sample of Baylor’s basic research work contributing to a better understanding of autism and related disorders.

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Light-activated genes illuminate the role of gut microbes in longevity

January 28, 2021 Aging, C. elegans, colanic acid, Longevity, microbiome, optogenetics, Research

Optogenetics, a method that uses light to regulate gene expression, can control gut bacterial metabolism to promote longevity.

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Your microbiome is what you eat

July 30, 2019 Colorectal Cancer, diet, Fusobacteria, microbiome, Research

When you eat, you also feed your microbiome and influence the structure of the microbial community in the gut. Understanding how all this is connected

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‘Can you hear me, now?’ A new strategy ‘raises the volume’ of hard-to-detect gut-body communication

June 27, 2019 enteroendocrine cells, enteroids, gut-body communication, microbiome, neurogenin-3, Norovirus, Research, rotavirus, serotonin

Throughout the gastrointestinal tract there are specialized hormone-producing cells called enteroendocrine cells and, although they comprise only a small population of the total cells, they

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