by GMFH Editing Team
Today, we would like to share with you an excellent animation published by NPR and created by Benjamin Arthur. Entitled “Exploring The Invisible Universe That Lives On Us — And In Us”, it explains the universe of bacterial life moving around inside us in
by GMFH Editing Team
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), probiotics are live microorganisms that, when consumed or administered in adequate amounts, have beneficial effects on the body. Probiotics are also usually
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We interviewed Prof. Paul O’Toole, Senior Lecturer at University College Cork, to discuss bacterial colonisation, or how bacteria reach the digestive tract from birth. The kind of birth, the family environment and food are some of the factors that initially
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(Berlin, October 16, 2013) Clinicians with gastrointestinal (GI) patients often wish – and are asked by their patients – to recommend specific probiotics. However, a clear and accessible evidence-based reference guide on the role and effectiveness of specific probiotics and
For this second day, various talks were about gut microbiome in diseases. Here we report the take home messages: Qin Nan, who worked with Pr. Lanjuan Li's team, studied H7N9 virus outbreak through its impact on the gut microbiota. They
We have already explained that the bacteria that inhabit the digestive tract – the gut microbiota – carry out key functions in terms of people’s health. Among these tasks, this “organ” (as described by some scientists) plays an essential role
On Monday 30th September, 2013, UC Davis hosted the 2013 CHAMMP (Center of Health for Advancing Microbiome and Mucosal Protection) Symposium on "Advancing microbiome and mucosal protection in chronic inflammatory disease and development". The event welcomed 8 presentations, with a keynote
For the second day of the IHMC congress at Hangzhou, morning presentations were related to data analysis and host-microbiome interactions. Curtis Huttenhower, from Havard School of Public Health, discussed the fact that most studies focused on DNA, specifically bacterial
Some months ago, California welcomed the TEDxCaltech: The Brain conference, where experts from different areas discussed a range of issues about the brain and the future of neuroscience. At one of the sessions, Elaine Hsiao, PhD in Microbiology from the California
The GMFH team was at the International Human Microbiome Consortium meeting at Hangzhou in China co-chaired by Pr Lanjuan Li and Pr Dusko Ehrlich. Here under, we report the most interesting talks related to gut microbiota and health. During the
