Health and the gut
Subtitle: the emerging role of intestinal microbiota in disease and therapeutics
By: edited by William Olds
Publisher: Apple Academic Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Toronto; New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9781771880725; 9781498701266
Subjects: Diseases; Microbiota; Microbiology; Maladies; Intestins; Microbiologie; Physiology; Intestines
Description: The study of the intestinal ecosystem of bacteria in the human gut -- the gut microbiome -- is a new field that is rapidly evolving. This book serves as an introduction to some of the new and exciting research that is being done in this field. Included are chapters that examine the following: Gut microbiom's roles in the pathogenesis of obesity and autoimmune disease ; The effect of nutrition on the richness of the microbial community ; The stability of the microbiome to various stressors ; Emerging ways to diagnose diseases using the microbiome ; Exciting prospects for using these microbes to cure disease. --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Introduction : the rainforest in the gut; title: part 2. Microbiome's role in obesity; title: part 3. Inflammation and innate immunity; title: part 4. Nutrition's effect on the microbiome; title: part 5. Using the microbiome to identify and cure disease.