The gut microbiota - the community of hundreds of trillions of microorganisms living in our digestive system that perform a range of essential functions for our health - is a constant source of new and interesting content.
Dr. Patrice Cani: The vicious cycle of gut permeability and inflammation
3 Jun 2015by GMFH Editing Team
Dr. Patrice Cani, from Catholic University of Louvain, is a leading researcher in the area of gut microbiota and metabolic disorders. He serves on the Gut Microbiota for Health board of experts.
An interview with Professor Hill: A healthy diet for a healthy gut microbiota
28 May 2015by GMFH Editing Team
During the 4th Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit we had the opportunity to talk to Professor Colin Hill of the APC Microbiome Institute, University College Cork to find out how diet influences our gut microbiota.
New evidence for f. prausnitzii based therapeutic strategies in IBD
27 May 2015by GMFH Editing Team
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are characterized by low proportions of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii in the gut microbiome. F. prausnitzii is a commensal intestinal bacterium known for its anti-inflammatory activity, although its mechanisms of action are still unknown.
Some indigenous people from the Amazon have the richest and most diverse microbiota ever recorded in humans
20 May 2015by GMFH Editing Team
The Yanomami indigenous people, who live in the Amazonian jungle in Venezuela, have the most diverse collection of bacteria ever found in humans, some of which had never been previously identified, says a study published in Science Advances.
“You’re not what you think you are”, a video about our gut bacteria
13 May 2015by GMFH Editing Team
The video also provides information about the latest research into the benefits of microbiota transplants for some conditions that affect the bacteria in our gut.
Now, new research published in Cell Reports suggests the reason why Western lifestyle may reduce the variety of bacteria and alter the overall composition of gut microbiota is because it limits bacterial ability to be transmitted from human to human.
Recently, an (open-access) article co-authored with colleagues Hans Törnblom & Magnus Simrén appeared in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology - Crosstalk at the mucosal border: importance of the gut microenvironment in IBS.
Magnus Simrén: “Modifying gut microbiota can be a potential strategy for treating IBS”
27 Apr 2015by GMFH Editing Team
Professor Magnus Simrén, researcher at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden), is the Chairman of the United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Scientific Committee. He attended the 4th Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit, where we had a chance to interview him about IBS.
Professor Knight has recently published the book Follow your gut, that talks humorously about the important impact of bacteria in the human body. We will soon give you more details of this new publication edited by TED Books.
