gut microbiota

Targeting the gut microbiota in IBD: from diet and probiotics to fecal microbiota transplantation

Giovanni Marasco, University of Bologna, discusses the growing evidence that links gut microbiota dysbiosis to the pathophysiology, clinical prognosis, disease progression, and treatment response of patients with IBD.

Healthy donor fecal transplants may boost immunotherapy in kidney cancer

Modifying the microbiota through a fecal transplant can be safely combined with immunotherapy in people with kidney cancer.

Gut microbe and its metabolite may protect the heart from atrial fibrillation

Restoring R. gnavus or supplementing isovaleric acid could be a promising microbiota–based strategy to prevent or treat atrial fibrillation. 

The food matrix: understanding how foods influence health beyond single nutrients

Ivana Gandolfi, International Diary Federation, describes the emerging concept of the food matrix.

Gut microbiome, diet and cardiometabolic health: why large-scale data matter

Francesco Asnicar, University of Trento (Italy), explores the role of the human gut microbiome in cardiometabolic health and diet, focusing on microbial species linked to metabolic and dietary markers.

In mice, a ketogenic diet protects the lungs from sepsis via gut bacteria

Azelaic acid travels from the gut to the lungs, where it activates immune cells to reduce inflammation and protect the lungs.

Finding missing human gut microbes in the Amazon: culturing the Yanomami microbiome for future probiotics

Emma Allen-Vercoe, from University of Guelph (Canada) focuses on the gut microbiome of the Yanomami, whose exceptionally strong cardiometabolic health has attracted growing scientific interest.

Nursery interactions can contribute more to babies’ gut microbiotas than family

Even after long breaks, such as summer vacation, babies continued to share more microbes with former nursery peers than with children from other nurseries.

Microbiome-derived bile acid and islet autoimmunity

A longitudinal study aims to explore the trajectories of MCBAs in relation to islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes of children.

From dysbiosis to long-term outcomes: Flavia Indrio wraps up PPPP 2026

Prof. Flavia Indrio reflects on the main take-home messages from the congress, which brought together 32 leading international experts in microbiota research, allergy, nutrition, gut-brain axis and lung disease.

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