{"id":13140,"date":"2020-08-08T09:05:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T09:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=13140"},"modified":"2020-08-08T09:05:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T09:05:15","slug":"whats-the-true-cause-of-armpit-body-odor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=13140","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the True Cause of Armpit Body Odor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>                            <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"News Picture: Scientists Sniff Out the True Cause of 'BO'\" class=\"healthday_image\" src=\"https:\/\/media.healthday.com\/Images\/icimages\/armpit330.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>FRIDAY, Aug. 7, 2020<\/p>\n<p>British scientists have discovered what makes people stink.<\/p>\n<p>Blame an enzyme that hides in specific bacteria that colonize the human armpit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Solving the structure of this &#8216;BO enzyme&#8217; has allowed us to pinpoint the molecular step inside certain bacteria that makes the odor molecules,&#8221; said co-author Michelle Rudden. She&#8217;s a postdoctoral research associate in biology at the University of York in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a key advancement in understanding how body odor works, and will enable the development of targeted inhibitors that stop BO production at the source without disrupting the armpit microbiome,&#8221; Rudden added in a university news release.<\/p>\n<p>Your armpit hosts a community of bacteria that&#8217;s part of your natural skin microbiome. This study highlights <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/staph_infection\/article.htm\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\" rel=\"dt\">Staphylococcus<\/a> hominis<\/i> as one of the main microbes causing body odor.<\/p>\n<p>Rudden&#8217;s team said the BO enzyme was present in <i>S. hominis<\/i> even before the evolution of modern humans. That suggests body odor may have had an important role in societal communications among humans&#8217; ancestral primates, the researchers said.<\/p>\n<p>The report was published recently in the journal <i>Scientific Reports<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Steven Reinberg<\/p>\n<p class=\"credits\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MedicalNews\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/images.medicinenet.com\/images\/HealthDay\/healthday.png\" style=\"border: none;\"\/><br \/>Copyright \u00a9 2020 HealthDay. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>                            <!--CONTINUEREADING--><br \/>\n<a class=\"mediaPrmo quiz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/skin_quiz\/quiz.htm\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('quizprmo-arttop');\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#13;<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.medicinenet.com\/images\/quiz\/skin\/skin-s1.jpg\"\/><span class=\"skew\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n    <span class=\"icon-quiz\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"label\">QUESTION<\/h4>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    <span class=\"caption\">An average adult has about ________ square feet of skin.<\/span>&#13;<br \/>\n    <span class=\"btn\">See Answer<\/span>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>References<span class=\"icon-search\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                                    SOURCE: University of York, news release.                            &#13;\n                                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p>fbq('init', '428750600651790');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\\\"http:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/script\/main\/art.asp?articlekey=245201\\\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRIDAY, Aug. 7, 2020 British scientists have discovered what makes people stink. 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