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Nutrition
Probiotics protect against obesity and inflammation caused by high sugar intake, supporting their use as a preventive strategy for obesity-related diabetes.
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Mahesh Desai, group leader of the Eco-Immunology and Microbiome team at the Luxembourg Institute of Health and adjunct associate professor at the University of Southern Denmark, discusses about his research…
Pediatrics, Gynecology
Maternal oral microbiota plays a key role in influencing infant gut health and disease risk.
Oncology
A recent study highlights formate as a potential target to boost cancer treatment.
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Recent studies have identified various bacterial and fungal pathobionts in patients with CD and UC.
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Patrick Veiga, Gut Microbiome & Nutrition Research Director at INRAE (France), discusses one of the major challenges in probiotic research: the variability of clinical trial outcomes.
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Professor Alessandro Gramenzi discusses the current knowledge of the gut microbiota in companion animals and the opportunities to modulate it through nutritional interventions.
Gastroenterology, Nutrition
Calcium ions affect the growth of both L. acidophilus ATCC 4356 and L. plantarum ATCC 14917, despite some differences.
Pediatrics
Breastfeeding and Bifidobacterium are key factors in shaping the infant resistome and could offer strategies to reduce antibiotic resistance early in life.
Scientific research
Prebiotic EN positively influenced certain gut bacteria, including Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Faecalicatena gnavus, and antibiotic resistance gene expression.
Gynecology
Managing gut health might be important for fertility treatments.
Allergology, Pediatrics
Specific gut bacteria are important in early life for healthy immune development.
Immunology, Nutrition
Dietary LPS can mimic microbial signals and drive gut immune development, with early-life being a critical window for shaping gut immunity.
Oncology
Dietary intervention and the utilization of D. dubosii offer potential insights for the treatment of brain tumor patients.
Dermatology
The findings of a recent study highlight the importance of understanding skin microbiotas to manage long-term fungal infections in Indigenous communities.
Healthcare professionals area
The gut microbiome has emerged not just as a passive bystander in sports, but as an active modulator of athletic energy, recovery, and resilience.
Gastroenterology
STING activity is important for gut health and that targeting this molecule could offer new treatments for IBD.
Neuroscience
DQGlyco identified multiple unique N-glycopeptides, quantified glycopeptide changes, and explored the link between gut microbiome and brain protein functions.
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Ministers have generated policies to protect soil, forests, bees, fish, cows, oceans, big rivers, you name it. But what about the microbes?
Immunology, Pediatrics
Bacterial metabolites such as inosine could be used as a therapy to strengthen infant immunity after early microbiota disruption.