People who got an updated booster are more than 10 times less likely to die from Covid than unvaccinated people, and more than twice as well protected as vaccinated people without an updated booster. bit.ly/3wq3wsI
Now online! Native E. coli strains isolated from mouse stool are genetically engineered for long-term engraftment in the mouse gut and enable improvements in insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetes!
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Jeffrey Gordon & Collaborators @WUSTLmed published in Cell, "Microbial liberation of N-methylserotonin from orange fiber in gnotobiotic mice and humans". ow.ly/b4hI50K8UNQ
Dr. Gautam Dantas, @volatilebug, will serve as interim Co-Chief of our Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine. His extensive research experience lends him perfectly to support growth of the outstanding research conducted within LGM. Congratulations Dr. Dantas! @GronowskiAnn
Over 6 million people died from COVID.
Do we now have a new virus to worry about?
Monkeypox is here.
I've spent that last 24 hours scouring websites, journal articles, and expert analysis on it, so you don't have to:
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New study by @WUSTLmed researchers, Michael Barratt & Jeffrey Gordon, show Gut bacterium supports growth in infants with severe acute malnutrition. Pilot study provides more evidence beneficial bacteria could help treat malnourished children. @ScienceTMow.ly/3HoB50IOJBk
Wishing our colleague and friend Carey-Ann Burnham, @BurnhamBugDoc, much success @Patternbio with the greatest appreciation and gratitude for all of the positive impact that she has made in our department! May our future paths cross many times throughout your career.
Check out the new episode from @Letstalkmicro1 to hear @BurnhamBugDoc, Megan Wallace, and I talk about a simple and accurate approach for reducing the turnaround time of disk diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility testing