04 May 2015 - Eurekalert - Nanoparticles in consumer products can significantly alter normal gut microbiome
Exposure of a model human colon to metal oxide nanoparticles, at levels that could be present in foods, consumer goods, or treated drinking water, led to multiple, measurable differences in the normal microbial community that inhabits the human gut.
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The article is available free on the Environmental Engineering Science website until June 1, 2015 :Taylor et al., 2015 - Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Induce Minimal Phenotypic Changes in a Model Colon Gut Microbiota
Please see the news and links below for more information on gut microbiota and the gut - brain axis:
16 April 2015 - MedicalXpress - Western lifestyle may limit the diversity of bacteria in the gut
11 March 2015 - MNT - The gut microbiome: how does it affect our health?
06 January 2015 - MedicalXpress - Researchers map direct gut-brain connection
16 December 2014 - Nutraingredients - The microbes we eat: Study investigates bacteria in different diets
28 November 2014 - Nutraingredients - Gut bacteria may play role in brain protection
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