All gut microbiome

Group photo of researchers after receiving grant award for gut microbiome research. From left to right: Ardith Doorenbos (UIC), Stefan Green (Rush), Mark Lockwood (UIC), Lisa Tussing-Humphreys (UIC), and Beatrix Peñalver Bernabé (UIC).

September 18, 2023

UIC awarded $3M to study link between gut microbiome, pain in kidney transplant patients 

Five-year study funded by NIH

March 17, 2022

Could there be a link between the enteric neurons, gut microbiome and ALS? 

Research looks at a novel link between the early GI symptoms and ALS

Pregnancy in black and white. Photo by João Paulo de Souza Oliveira from Pexels

January 27, 2022

New study helps understand role of gut microbiome in gestational diabetes 

Researchers identify a metabolite that may be linked to gestational diabetes.

Anne Fink

September 2, 2020

UIC research discovers links among poor sleep, high blood pressure, gut microbiome

Study shows potential negative effects of disrupted sleep