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The research team found that a deficiency in components of two particular types of inflammasomes in mice caused changes in the intestinal tract's microbial community and that the changes were associated with increased bacteria that determined the severity of obesity and NAFLD in the mice.
Suzanne O'Malley: Day Six: Is Obesity an Infectious Disease? Suzanne O'Malley 2012
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Gastroenterologist Theodore Bayless, professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, says it's "conceivable" that a probiotic could beef up the digestive tract's bacteria population -- which could then produce protective enzymes that would shield against excess gas.
Archive 2007-04-01 Steve Carper 2007
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Gastroenterologist Theodore Bayless, professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, says it's "conceivable" that a probiotic could beef up the digestive tract's bacteria population -- which could then produce protective enzymes that would shield against excess gas.
Lactagen: The Big Update Steve Carper 2007
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In Zimbabwe, opposition activist Magodonga Mahlangu has organized the tract's translation into two main local languages.
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She and neighbors have contributed tables, chairs, bookshelves and a futon sofa-bed to the tract's common room.
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Most were built around a grass commons shared by a dozen or so like-minded residents who boast of their tract's smallish carbon footprint.
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The houses are painted in Easter-egg pastels of salmon, yellow and avocado green, adding to the tract's storybook feel.
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The company's original application in May 2003 would have placed the well 800 feet east of the tract's boundary and about a half-mile east of the river's south branch.
From On High 2005
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As the circle around a plant cuts through census tracts, the map assigned a share of each tract's population to the circle based on the percentage of the tract's land area that is within the circle.
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The tract's circulation alarmed slaveowners and Southern politicians, and cash rewards were offered for Walker's death.
The Seattle Times 2011
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