How to Use microbiome in a Sentence

microbiome

noun
  • That’s not the end of the story: The microbiome evolves throughout our lives.
    Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
  • What then should be done to advance the study of the microbiome?
    Jerome Groopman, The New York Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2019
  • Medicine is a very long way from being able to use phages to fine-tune the microbiome.
    The Economist, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Maybe a microbiome that's healthy for a 20-year-old is not at all healthy for an 80-year-old.
    Anahad O’Connor New York Times, Star Tribune, 1 Apr. 2021
  • And a healthy microbiome is a crucial part of good health.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 23 June 2022
  • And now people think the microbiome is involved in all kinds of things.
    WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Think of a microbiome as a plant's gut filled with tiny microbes.
    CBS News, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The microbiome also helps defend the body against pathogens.
    Katie Mogg, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2024
  • A lot has been said about the importance of our gut and its microbiome for our wider health.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2024
  • UBiome has sought to build a business on tests of the microbiome, the micro-organisms in the gut and other parts of the body.
    Anna Wilde Mathews, WSJ, 10 July 2019
  • Beauty and the Biome Skin-care products with a focus on the microbiome.
    Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 8 June 2021
  • The bacteria are found in the microbiomes of healthy people who do not have eczema.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The plan has also been linked to stronger bones, a healthier heart and microbiome, and longer life.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 2 Jan. 2023
  • The plan has also been linked to stronger bones, a healthier heart and microbiome and longer life.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 7 Aug. 2020
  • The microbiome refers to the genetic make-up of all of the micro-organisms that live in and on your body.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Some researchers suspect that the gut microbiome plays a role.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The answer is found in the relationship between the brain and the gut microbiome.
    Natalie Meade, Quartz, 24 Apr. 2020
  • Just like your skin, a healthy scalp needs a balanced microbiome in order for your strands to thrive.
    Georgia Day, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2023
  • When the scientists looked at the microbiome of the pairs that looked most alike, those were different, too.
    François Brunelle, CNN, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The new data from old poop show no one on the planet today has been spared changes to their microbiome.
    Andrew Curry, Science | AAAS, 12 May 2021
  • An out-of-balance skin microbiome isn’t just the result of too much soap and scrubbing.
    James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 22 June 2020
  • The real answer, the data shows, might relate to the microbiome (the microorganisms in the gut).
    Nicole Blackwood, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2019
  • Stress and dietary changes can alter the oral microbiome as well.
    New York Times, 19 May 2021
  • This will rebalance the microbiome and nourish the skin.
    ELLE, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The microbiome doesn’t just affect the gut, but other organs as well.
    Alia Sajani, STAT, 1 July 2024
  • To learn about the oral health of these people, the researchers compared the microbes found in the resin to modern datasets of both healthy and unhealthy mouth microbiomes.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
  • No one can tell where a human ends and their microbiome begins.
    Tobias Rees, Quartz, 22 Nov. 2019
  • For the last decade, the role of the microbiome in ocular health was controversial.
    Scientific American, 23 June 2019
  • In addition, both young and old rats gained more weight and showed problems with blood sugar control, fatty tissue, and gut microbiomes.
    Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The study, published in the journal Microbiome, found that the positive effects of citrus are linked to how the fruits impact the gut microbiome, which includes the bacteria living in the stomach.
    Khloe Quill, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025

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