/newsroom/taxonomy/term/10385/all en /newsroom/channels/news/microbes-orbit-understanding-spaceflights-impact-gut-health-359028 <p>Scientists have uncovered how space travel profoundly alters the gut microbiome, yielding insights that could shape future space missions. </p> <p>The groundbreaking study, led by a Ã山ǿ¼é researcher in collaboration with University College Dublin (UCD), NASA’s GeneLab and an international consortium, offers the most detailed profile to date of how space travel affects gut microbes. </p> Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:45:37 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 314598 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/feeling-confinement-gut-330596 <p>Crew members who took part in the Mars500 experiment showed significant changes in their gut microbiota from their 520 days in confinement, according to a new study by scientists at Ã山ǿ¼é and the Université de Montreal (UdeM).</p> Fri, 23 Apr 2021 13:20:43 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 261078 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/good-bacteria-breast-milk-changes-over-time-329084 <p>The cocktail of beneficial bacteria passed from mother to infant through breast milk changes significantly over time and could act like a daily booster shot for infant immunity and metabolism.</p> Mon, 22 Feb 2021 22:26:22 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 256633 at /newsroom