Modulation of Gut Microbiota for the Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19
The gut microbiota is well known to exert multiple benefits on human health including protection from disease causing pathobiont microbes. It has been recognized that healthy intestinal microbiota is of great importance in the pathogenesis of COVID-19. Gut dysbiosis...
Identifying gut microbes that affect human health
The resident microorganisms in the human body, termed the microbiota, represent diverse communities of microbial species comprising a complex ecology of tens of trillions of mainly bacterial cells. Our gut microbiota, the largest and most diverse of these communities,...
The Role of the Microbiome in Cancer and Therapy Efficacy: Focus on Lung Cancer
The microbiome is extremely important for human health; more recently its role in the context of cancer became clear. Microbial effects range from enhancing cancer immunity and cancer therapy efficacy, to promoting cancer progression and inhibiting treatment efficacy....
