A better mouse model for inflammatory bowel disease

Researchers at the University of Michigan developed a mouse model that recapitulates many hallmarks of gut inflammation seen in people with Crohn’s disease.

Emily Hollister: ‘From microbiome to therapeutics and diagnostics’

The microbiome may be a source for biomarkers leading to therapeutic discoveries and diagnostics. We discuss it with Emily Hollister, Vice President of Diversigen.

How a beneficial gut microbe became a deadly pathogen

Researchers have figured out how specific strains of Enterococcus faecalis became a deadly pathogen, causing a series of deadly infections in the mid 1980s.

Common bacteria could influence wound healing

Researchers have found that several strains of bacteria, including the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus, can influence the healing of diabetic foot ulcers.

Richard Ellis: ‘Bringing probiotics from the lab to the market’

Richard Ellis, Head of Business Development at Biose, explains how CDMO companies assist start-ups in bringing live biotherapeutic products to the market.

The gut microbiota could be linked with early life neurodevelopment

Intestinal microbiota might be linked to neurodevelopment in early childhood, a new study published in JAMA Network Open finds.

Gut microbes could be used to predict colorectal cancer

Researchers from the University of Trento have found that specific changes in gut microbiota composition are associated with colorectal cancer.

Antonio Gasbarrini (Cemad): ‘Great expectations for the next generation probiotics’

What characteristics will the probiotics of the future have? We asked Antonio Gasbarrini, director of CEMAD at the Policlinico Gemelli.

Family and close friends share mouth and gut bacteria

Social contacts shape the composition of the human microbiota. That’s according to a study by Ilana Brito of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, et al.

Many gut microbes could come from the mouth

Scientists have found that even in healthy people, many mouth microbes are able to reach the gut and colonize it. The study was published in the journal eLife.

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