Gut feelings : the microbiome and our health / Alessio Fasano and Susie Flaherty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fasano, Alessio, author.

Flaherty, Susie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gastrointestinal system--Microbiology.

Gastrointestinal system.

Gastrointestinal system--Diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 538) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2021]

Summary:

"An accessible yet scientifically accurate overview of the human microbiome and its role in health and disease"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Part One: The Wisdom of a Microscopic Species

Chapter One: Evolutionary Biology Explains Bacterial Adaptability

Chapter Two: The Ancestral Microbiome

Chapter Three: Early Factors Influencing the Microbiome

Chapter Four: Cracking the Codes: From Human Genome to Human Microbiome

Chapter Five: Beyond Bacteria: Those Other "Omes"

Chapter Six: The Microbiome Hypothesis: The Epigenetic Pressure of the Cross Talk

Part Two: The Microbiome's Role in Disease

Chapter Seven: The Microbiome and Gut Inflammatory Disorders

Chapter Eight: The Microbiome and Obesity

Chapter Nine: The Microbiome and Autoimmunity

Chapter Ten: The Microbiome and Neurological or Behavioral Disorders

Chapter Eleven: The Microbiome and Environmental Enteropathy

Chapter Twelve: The Microbiome and Cancer

Part Three: Manipulating the Microbiome to Maintain Health

Chapter Thirteen: From Association to Causation: A New Approach to Microbiome Composition and Function in Disease Development

Chapter Fourteen: Preventive Medicine: Monitoring the Microbiome for Disease Prediction and Interception

Chapter Fifteen: Treatments for Disease: Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Synbiotics

Chapter Sixteen: Microbiome Research in Gut-Brain Axis Diseases: Psychobiotics

Chapter Seventeen: Artificial Intelligence and the Microbiome

Chapter Eighteen: Maintaining a Resilient Microbiome Through Old Age

Epilogue: Why Studying Our Mircobiome is Important for Our Future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-262-36355-0

0-262-36269-4

OCLC:

1202266651