November 18, 2022
New tool brings Mayo Clinic researchers closer to discovering therapeutics from microbiome
By Susan Murphy
Does the human microbiome inhabit a natural pharmacy? Microorganisms are found in tissues and biofluids throughout the body, including in and around the gut, lungs, nose, mouth, skin and vagina. A flurry of recent scientific research suggests that this human microbiome — a community of trillions of bacteria, viruses and fungi — is a driver […]
Tags: #Dr. Jaeyun Sung, center for individualized medicine, genomic medicine, personalized medicine
September 14, 2021
Mayo researchers link gut microbiome to rheumatoid arthritis prognosis
By Susan Murphy
A significant indicator of whether a patient with rheumatoid arthritis will improve over the course of disease may lie in part in their gut, according to new research from Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine. The study, published in Genome Medicine, found that predicting a patient’s future rheumatoid arthritis prognosis could be possible by zeroing in […]
Tags: #Dr. Jaeyun Sung, Dr. John Davis, genomics, microbiome, Rheumatoid Arthritis
June 13, 2017
The magic of the microbiome: new Mayo researcher looks for ways to promote health, prevent disease
By Sharon Rosen
“Don’t miss seeing the forest by focusing only on the trees,” explains Jaeyun Sung, Ph.D., a systems biologist who recently joined the Microbiome Program within Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine. That is Dr. Sung’s approach to exploring how the microbiome – the tens of trillions of microbes within and on our bodies – affects […]
Tags: #childhood obesity, #CIMCon17, #digestive system, #Dr. Jaeyun Sung, #gut health, #individualized diets, #microbes, #probiotics, biomarker, center for individualized medicine, gut bacteria, mayo clinic