Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência

Body & Mind

Chasing antibiotics with good bacteria could prevent bad infections

Researchers at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) in Portugal and Stanford in the US have identified one particular bacterium, Klebsiella michiganensis, that could be administered after a round of antibiotics to help prevent harmful infections.
Obesity

Discovery of fat breakdown trigger opens door for new obesity treatments

New research has uncovered a missing link in how our body breaks down fat, revealing a set of nerves that connect with fat tissue to stimulate the breakdown process in a development that could lead to new types of anti-obesity treatments.