by Cristina Sáez
Around 20% of children population in Western countries have asthma, the most prevalent child chronic health condition.
by Cristina Sáez
The placenta is not a hermetic shelter as was once thought. Recent research shows it harbours a unique ecosystem of bacteria coming from the mother.
by Cristina Sáez
Nevertheless, science is now backing this up – for example, just recently Dr. Gary Wu, of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, completed a study that supports this idea.
A new research study published in Nature Communications and led by investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) reveals that people with multiple sclerosis have different patterns of gut microorganisms.
by Cristina Sáez
A team formed by German and Swiss scientists have discovered that this interaction with the baby’s immune system starts much earlier than previously thought: during pregnancy.
by GMFH Editing Team
Thirty-three percent of people have a gene that predisposes them to celiac disease (CD), while only two to five percent of the population will receive a diagnosis of the condition.
by GMFH Editing Team
Previous studies with animals had suggested there was a link between the disease and our gut microbiota but this is the first time the relationship has been demonstrated in humans.
by GMFH Editing Team
Martin J. Blaser, director of the Department of Medicine at New York University School of Medicine, is one of the world's greatest experts in the relationship between use and overuse of antibiotics and the gut microbiota. We were able to interview him during the 4th Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit.
by GMFH Editing Team
Patrice D. Cani is a researcher and Professor from the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS) and team leader in the Metabolism and Nutrition research group at the Université catholique de Louvain's Brussels-based Louvain Drug Research Institute.
In a recent Nature Medicine news article, Roxanne Khamsi reported on research around the world that investigates how the gut microbiota exerts an influence on the human immune system and inflammation.
