(This article is reproduced from Science Monthly: ) Author: Xu Chengzhi/Associate Professor of Chemistry Department of National Taiwan University, Leeuwenhoek Biotechnology…
Eating red meat such as beef can easily lead to myocardial infarction and stroke, but beef is also the best blood-replenishing meat with high iron content. "Is beef suitable for me?" A new startup company derived from the National Taiwan University Hospital's "Can I eat beef?" was created by Wu Mingxian, the director of the National Taiwan University Hospital...
How do antibiotics make the host obese? Antibiotics are the substances that have the most severe impact on intestinal bacteria. According to the study of Reijnders et al., obese subjects were given 1500 mg vancomyc orally for seven consecutive days.
1. Introduction The digestive tract is one of the organs that is in closest contact with the external environment. Under the mucous membrane with a surface area of 300 square meters, there are 70% immune cells stationed in the human body to prevent pathogens that enter the body with food from infecting the host, and at the same time to monitor long-term...
Human civilization is a history of constant confrontation with microorganisms. "First Round" The Black Death In the 14th century, the Black Death raged across Europe, claiming tens of millions of lives. The Black Death in Europe originated from the Mongol invasion of the West, which brought plague bacteria to Europe...
In early June of this year, a “suspected” kindergarten poisoning case broke out in Taiwan. A private kindergarten in New Taipei City is suspected of feeding unknown drugs to children by kindergarten staff. After learning about this, some parents took their children to the hospital for blood and urine tests. A total of eight…
There have been many rumors about barbiturates recently. Whether the barbiturates detected in the test report are true, false negative or false positive, and whether barbiturates have indeed been detected, for parents who are worried that their children may have residual barbiturates,…
Introduction Metabolome is the composition of all metabolites in an organism. These metabolites are the final products of gene expression in the organism and can reflect the state of gene expression in the organism. Metabolomics analysis…
The history of germ-free mice The concept of germ-free animals was first proposed by Louis Pasteur in 1885, but it was not until 1946 that Reynier successfully bred the first batch of germ-free mice (Yi & Li…
