by Andreu Prados
A recent report published by Kelly Servick, a science journalist and staff writer at Science, proposes that laboratory mouse microbiota is an invisible variable that may explain why it is so difficult to reproduce the results of mouse experiments.
by GMFH Editing Team
Bernd Schnabl is an Associate Professor in Gastroenterology at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, where he investigates precisely the pathogenesis of chronic liver disease. He attended the 5th Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit 2016.
by Andreu Prados
A recent study, led by Dr. Oluf Pedersen from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at University of Copenhagen in Denmark, has found that dysbiosis of the human gut microbiota impacts the serum metabolome and contributes to the state of IR and metabolic syndrome.
by Andreu Prados
A recent study, led by Dr. Charles Mackay from the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Monash University in Clayton (Australia), has found that the development of food allergies in mice could be linked to dietary elements including fibre and vitamin A.
by Andreu Prados
It is already known that a reduction in gut microbial richness is the hallmark change of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, but how this dysbiosis is established in the HIV-exposed uninfected infant is poorly understood. A recent cross-sectional study, led by Dr. Grace M. Aldrovandi from the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in Los Angeles (USA), suggests that perturbations in the infant gut microbiome may explain the greater risk of morbidity and mortality in uninfected babies born to HIV-positive mothers.
by Kristina Campbell
The observed success of the low-FODMAP diet in reducing gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in IBS made a group of researchers ask whether the diet could also address functional GI symptoms in those with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) such as Crohn's disease. This idea was explored in a recent study from the group at Monash University (Australia) that originally developed and tested the low-FODMAP diet.
A recent study, led by Dr. Deanna L. Gibson from the Department of Biology at the University of British Columbia (Canada), has found that cardiorespiratory fitness is correlated with increased microbial diversity and increased production of faecal butyrate in healthy humans.
by Andreu Prados
A recent study, led by Dr. Wendy A. Henderson from the National Institute of Nursing Research at National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda (USA), and co-authored by Research Fellow Dr. Nicolaas Fourie, has found that the oral microbiota could be a useful source of information in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
by GMFH Editing Team
According to scientific research, probiotics may restore the composition of the gut microbiota and introduce beneficial functions to gut microbial communities. In fact, some probiotics can be used like drugs to treat some conditions and there is good evidence of their efficacy for diarrhoea associated to antibiotic intake or gastroenteritis diarrhoea.
by Andreu Prados
A recent study, led by Dr. Mauro Costa-Mattioli from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas (USA), has found that the reintroduction of a commensal bacterial strain can reverse asocial behaviours in mice that are seen in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).
