by Fernando Aspiroz
"The human microbiota is a fundamental component of what it means to be human," says David Relman in a recent JAMA opinion piece. In this article, Relman gives a picture of the importance of the human microbiota in health and a brief history of how scientists have measured it.
The Third International Congress of Translational Research in Human Nutrition (ICTRHN) took place in Clermont-Ferrand, France, on June 26 & 27, 2015.
by Fernando Aspiroz
At the second PreProSim -- Brazilian Congress on Pre, Pro and Synbiotics --, several sessions on June 16th covered the topic of metabolic disorders and obesity.
by Fernando Aspiroz
Topics at the IHMC 2015 meeting in Luxembourg were wide-ranging.
by Fernando Aspiroz
Gnotobiotic animals have long been used to highlight major functions of the intestinal microbiota such as its contribution to trophic development of gut tissues, immune maturation, direct protection from colonization/proliferation of pathogens (the barrier effect) and more recently its implication
The intestinal microbiota is known to modulate bioavailability and efficacy of endogenous compounds, nutrients or drugs, with large interindividual variations. The least conserved fraction of our microbiota may hence explain a stratification of the human population in converters and non
