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Kostic Lab

Microbiology that Fuels Human Physiology

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Human-Microbiome Metabolic Symbiosis

Microbiology that fuels human physiology

The human microbiome is a metabolic engine, 100 trillion organisms strong, that impacts virtually every aspect of our physiology. The Kostic Lab investigates the symbiotic relationships between gut microbes and mammalian metabolism, and their translational potential to prevent and treat diabetes.

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Boosting exercise capacity by gut microbiome lactic acid fixation

Optimizing metabolism with the ancestral human gut microbiome

Bacterial extracellular vesicles as a new modality for microbiome-host interaction

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