BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National
Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease …

Obesity is caused by a long-term difference between energy intake and expenditure—an
imbalance that is seemingly easily restored by increasing exercise and reducing caloric …

The interplay between diet, the gut microbiome, and host health is complex. Diets
associated with health have many similarities: high fiber, unsaturated fatty acids, and …

The world has witnessed a steady rise in both non-infectious and infectious chronic
diseases, prompting a cross-disciplinary approach to understand and treating disease …

Background: The American Heart Association, in conjunction with the National Institutes of
Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and …

Background The American Heart Association, in conjunction with the National Institutes of
Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and …

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology has advanced our understanding of the
human microbiome by allowing for the discovery and characterization of unculturable …

Non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) are commonly integrated into human diet and presumed to
be inert; however, animal studies suggest that they may impact the microbiome and …

The human gut microbiome encodes a large variety of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), but
the short lengths of AMPs pose a challenge for computational prediction. Here we combined …

Associations between age and the human microbiota are robust and reproducible. The
microbial composition at several body sites can predict human chronological age relatively …