Gut microbiome

Enteroendocrine cells in the human gut secrete serotonin, hormones and other chemicals that send signals to the brain via the autonomic vagus nerve.  This can be a source of wellness or disease depending on the signaling.  Thus, knowing what the microbiome is doing, or will do in the future, is a window into health.  In this piece researchers at UCLA and Ben-Gurion University report a new computational modeling program they devised—called “Microbial Temporal Variability Linear Mixed Model”—for predicting changes in the microbiome over time.  MORE

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