Genes contribute to the risk of celiac disease (CD), but the role of environmental factors, including perturbations in gut microbiota, is so far unclear.
Interview with Dr. Brent Polk, on inflammatory bowel disease in childhood
16 Feb 2015by Kristina Campbell
Dr. D. Brent Polk is a physician and professor of biochemistry & molecular biology. He is chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, as well as chair of pediatrics and vice dean for Child Health at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.
From cradle to grave, our gut is our most important physiological connection to the microbiome.
Temporal variability of the human microbiome, including the gut habitat
13 Jan 2015by Kristina Campbell
Most human microbiome studies to date have taken a sample from a body habitat at a single point in time. But what if the microbial communities vary over time?
Why do some children suffer adverse vaccine events while others escape injury? What can be done to limit risk of injury by vaccination? Current CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) vaccine protocol beginning within 12 hours of birth does not factor gut microbiota as crucial to immune response.
I participated in the "Targeting microbiota" congress at Pasteur Institute because I considered the topics discussed very interesting and relevant to my research. For me microbiome conferences are still a rather foreign territory, but I very much like to talk
Dr. Gail Hecht is Professor of Medicine and Microbiology/Immunology, and Chief, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, at Loyola University Chicago. She serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Gut Microbes, published by Landes Bioscience. Dr. Gail Hecht, Professor of Medicine and Microbiology/Immunology, and
Dr. Philippe de Timary, on the gut-brain axis in alcohol dependence
25 Nov 2014by Kristina Campbell
Philippe de Timary, MD., Ph.D., is a researcher and psychiatrist in the department of Adult Psychiatry and Institute of Neuroscience at Catholic University of Louvain and Hospital Saint-Luc in Brussels, Belgium. With a colleague, Professor Peter Starkel, he opened a clinical unit in the hospital
What bacterial exposures are necessary for decreasing the risk of allergic disease?
21 Nov 2014by Mary Ellen Sanders
Observational studies in humans have shown that early life exposure to microbes in a variety of situations is associated with a decreased risk of asthma. These include: - Exposure of a pregnant mother to microbes in order to protect her
Dr. Jonathan Braun, on ‘metabotypes’ and inflammatory bowel disease
19 Nov 2014by Kristina Campbell
Dr. Jonathan Braun (MD, PhD) is a physician and researcher interested in how the immune system affects susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease and cancer. He studies, among other things, microbial-immune commensalism in the intestine, and new strategies in functional immune
