gut microbiota

Gut bacterium may weaken treatment responses in esophageal cancer

Lactobacillus salivarius can make cancer immunotherapy less effective by producing indole-3-lactic acid (ILA), that weakens the body’s anti-tumor immune response.

C-section birth may shape babies’ genes, gut microbiota, and brain development

Early interventions targeting the infant gut microbiota, especially in babies born by C-section, may reduce the probability of neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism.

Breastfeeding may offset health impacts of poorer socioeconomic status in children

Supplementation with key beneficial bacteria, alongside efforts to reduce breastfeeding barriers, may offer scalable strategies to reduce socioeconomic health disparities.

Microbiome-based biomarkers: challenges on the path from research to clinical practice

Julie Rodriguez, researcher at Inserm (National Institute of Health and Medical Research, France) explored the main categories of microbiome-based biomarkers and their potential applications in clinical practice.

Mouse study links cognitive side effects of antipsychotics to gut microbes

Targeting the gut microbiota-ergothioneine pathway may offer a new way to prevent or treat cognitive side effects of antipsychotic drugs.

Gut microbes help deliver brain energy molecule, offering new path to treat depression

Supplementing creatine alongside specific gut bacteria such as Bifidobacterium could offer a treatment for depression by restoring brain energy metabolism.

From microbiome profiling to ibd diagnostics: Salient Bioscience advances standardized metagenomic testing

Marta Ciechonska of Salient Bioscience presented the company’s approach to developing standardized, reproducible microbiome tests based on shotgun metagenomic sequencing. 

High-fat diets may impair key gut immune cells, weakening intestinal defenses

Reducing dietary fat or controlling gut inflammation could help preserve immune cells and protect gut immunity, offering a strategy to prevent diet-related gut diseases.

Leaky gut may let some bacteria travel to the brain, mouse study shows

Maintaining a healthy gut barrier and microbiota, through diet or other interventions, could help prevent bacteria from reaching the brain, helping maintain neurological health.

Gut microbiota, immunity and diet: twenty years of research and the future of personalized nutrition

Francisco Guarner, from Centro Médico Teknon in Barcelona (Spain), discussed the most recent researches in the field of microbiome and nutrition.

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