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Awareness of the importance of the gut microbiota and its role in the health has grown in parallel with research on the subject. Over the past five years, Gut Microbiota for Health has contributed to this awareness not only through its website and digital ecosystem, but also through its annual Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit, specifically addressed to clinical…

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Awareness of the importance of the gut microbiota and its role in the health has grown in parallel with research on the subject. Over the past five years, Gut Microbiota for Health has contributed to this awareness not only through its website and digital ecosystem, but also through its annual Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit, specifically addressed to clinical…

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Gut Microbiota for Health is delighted to share its “Year at a Glance 2016” document, which wraps-up the important achievements and discoveries in gut microbiota science in 2016! In a field that moves forward so rapidly, it can be difficult to keep up with all the scientific developments; in this “Best of 2016” report we recall the year's key concepts…

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Gut Microbiota for Health is delighted to share its “Year at a Glance 2016” document, which wraps-up the important achievements and discoveries in gut microbiota science in 2016! In a field that moves forward so rapidly, it can be difficult to keep up with all the scientific developments; in this “Best of 2016” report we recall the year's key concepts…

GMFH Editing Team
GMFH Editing Team

Gut Microbiota for Health’s gastroenterology e-learning course on the gut microbiota now has a new home! This 1-hour video course, which covers evidence on the role of the gut microbiota in normal gut function and in gastrointestinal disease, will now join the collection of material for continuing medical education available through United European Gastroenterology (UEG). This clinically-oriented summary of gut…

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GMFH Editing Team

Gut Microbiota for Health’s gastroenterology e-learning course on the gut microbiota now has a new home! This 1-hour video course, which covers evidence on the role of the gut microbiota in normal gut function and in gastrointestinal disease, will now join the collection of material for continuing medical education available through United European Gastroenterology (UEG). This clinically-oriented summary of gut…

GMFH Editing Team
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Gut Microbiota for Health is pleased to bring you its "Year at a Glance 2015" document, which covers the important developments in gut microbiota science in 2015! In a field that moves forward so rapidly, it can be difficult to stay abreast of all the scientific findings; in this document we offer you an overview of key concepts, along with…

Kristina Campbell
Science writer Kristina Campbell (M.Sc.), from British Columbia (Canada), specializes in communicating about the gut microbiota, digestive health, and nutrition. Author of the best selling Well-Fed Microbiome Cookbook, her freelance work has appeared in publications around the world. Kristina joined the Gut Microbiota for Health publishing team in 2014.  Find her on: Google • Twitter

Gut Microbiota for Health is pleased to bring you its "Year at a Glance 2015" document, which covers the important developments in gut microbiota science in 2015! In a field that moves forward so rapidly, it can be difficult to stay abreast of all the scientific findings; in this document we offer you an overview of key concepts, along with…

Kristina Campbell
Science writer Kristina Campbell (M.Sc.), from British Columbia (Canada), specializes in communicating about the gut microbiota, digestive health, and nutrition. Author of the best selling Well-Fed Microbiome Cookbook, her freelance work has appeared in publications around the world. Kristina joined the Gut Microbiota for Health publishing team in 2014.  Find her on: Google • Twitter

We are pleased to introduce another issue of our « Best of » series! What was the hottest topic in gut microbiota science this year? Many experts would say it was the study of interactions between gut microbiota and the immune system. In case you didn’t attend some of the 2015 conferences that covered the topic in depth -- like the Keystone…

Paul Enck
Prof. Dr. Paul Enck, Director of Research, Dept. of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany. His main interests are gut functions in health and disease, including functional and inflammatory bowel disorders, the role of the gut microbiota, regulation of eating and food intake and its disorders, of nausea, vomiting and motion sickness, and the psychophysiology and neurobiology of the placebo response, with specific emphasis on age and gender contributions. He has published more than 170 original data paper in scientific, peer-reviewed journals, and more than 250 book chapters and review articles. He is board member/treasurer of the European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility and of the German Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, and has served as reviewer for many international journals and grant agencies.

We are pleased to introduce another issue of our « Best of » series! What was the hottest topic in gut microbiota science this year? Many experts would say it was the study of interactions between gut microbiota and the immune system. In case you didn’t attend some of the 2015 conferences that covered the topic in depth -- like the Keystone…

Paul Enck
Prof. Dr. Paul Enck, Director of Research, Dept. of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany. His main interests are gut functions in health and disease, including functional and inflammatory bowel disorders, the role of the gut microbiota, regulation of eating and food intake and its disorders, of nausea, vomiting and motion sickness, and the psychophysiology and neurobiology of the placebo response, with specific emphasis on age and gender contributions. He has published more than 170 original data paper in scientific, peer-reviewed journals, and more than 250 book chapters and review articles. He is board member/treasurer of the European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility and of the German Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, and has served as reviewer for many international journals and grant agencies.

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) for patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) has shown mixed clinical results (see recent trials here and here). In a new pilot study, published as open access, Faming Zhang and colleagues tested the safety and efficacy of a "step-up" FMT strategy in 15 steroid-dependent UC patients. The step-up strategy was as follows: After all medications were discontinued,…

Kristina Campbell
Science writer Kristina Campbell (M.Sc.), from British Columbia (Canada), specializes in communicating about the gut microbiota, digestive health, and nutrition. Author of the best selling Well-Fed Microbiome Cookbook, her freelance work has appeared in publications around the world. Kristina joined the Gut Microbiota for Health publishing team in 2014.  Find her on: Google • Twitter

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) for patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) has shown mixed clinical results (see recent trials here and here). In a new pilot study, published as open access, Faming Zhang and colleagues tested the safety and efficacy of a "step-up" FMT strategy in 15 steroid-dependent UC patients. The step-up strategy was as follows: After all medications were discontinued,…

Kristina Campbell
Science writer Kristina Campbell (M.Sc.), from British Columbia (Canada), specializes in communicating about the gut microbiota, digestive health, and nutrition. Author of the best selling Well-Fed Microbiome Cookbook, her freelance work has appeared in publications around the world. Kristina joined the Gut Microbiota for Health publishing team in 2014.  Find her on: Google • Twitter

United European Gastroenterology (UEG) week starts today and runs until October 28th in Barcelona, Spain. UEG is a non-profit organization focused on advancing gastroenterology care, comprising 22,000 professional members from several European societies. With the event underway, GMFH brings you the ideas of two gastroenterologist-researchers about the impact of gut microbiota science on clinical practice. For clinicians, what are the…

Kristina Campbell
Science writer Kristina Campbell (M.Sc.), from British Columbia (Canada), specializes in communicating about the gut microbiota, digestive health, and nutrition. Author of the best selling Well-Fed Microbiome Cookbook, her freelance work has appeared in publications around the world. Kristina joined the Gut Microbiota for Health publishing team in 2014.  Find her on: Google • Twitter

United European Gastroenterology (UEG) week starts today and runs until October 28th in Barcelona, Spain. UEG is a non-profit organization focused on advancing gastroenterology care, comprising 22,000 professional members from several European societies. With the event underway, GMFH brings you the ideas of two gastroenterologist-researchers about the impact of gut microbiota science on clinical practice. For clinicians, what are the…

Kristina Campbell
Science writer Kristina Campbell (M.Sc.), from British Columbia (Canada), specializes in communicating about the gut microbiota, digestive health, and nutrition. Author of the best selling Well-Fed Microbiome Cookbook, her freelance work has appeared in publications around the world. Kristina joined the Gut Microbiota for Health publishing team in 2014.  Find her on: Google • Twitter

As gut microbiota research continues to expand, one thing is clear: infancy and early childhood is a critical time for influencing future health. By studying the human gut microbiota, scientists are linking features of the prenatal, perinatal, and infant gut microbiota with health status later in life. In this online & interactive document, "Paediatric Learnings from Gut Microbiota for Health…

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As gut microbiota research continues to expand, one thing is clear: infancy and early childhood is a critical time for influencing future health. By studying the human gut microbiota, scientists are linking features of the prenatal, perinatal, and infant gut microbiota with health status later in life. In this online & interactive document, "Paediatric Learnings from Gut Microbiota for Health…

GMFH Editing Team
GMFH Editing Team

In a recent issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, Cammarota et al. showed that the implementation of a fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) program, available from June 2013 in the A. Gemelli University Hospital, an Italian academic tertiary care centre, led to fewer surgical procedures for severe C. difficile infection (CDI). Between January 2010 and April 2015, 901 patients with CDI…

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In a recent issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, Cammarota et al. showed that the implementation of a fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) program, available from June 2013 in the A. Gemelli University Hospital, an Italian academic tertiary care centre, led to fewer surgical procedures for severe C. difficile infection (CDI). Between January 2010 and April 2015, 901 patients with CDI…

GMFH Editing Team
GMFH Editing Team

As MyNewGut, a research initiative involving thirty organizations from fifteen countries, continued to carry out its research program on prebiotic fibres and the gut microbiota, project participants held a workshop before the International Dietary Fibre Conference 2015 in Paris. With presentations by well-known researchers, as well as industry and government representatives, the workshop brought together plans for updating and implementing…

Kristina Campbell
Science writer Kristina Campbell (M.Sc.), from British Columbia (Canada), specializes in communicating about the gut microbiota, digestive health, and nutrition. Author of the best selling Well-Fed Microbiome Cookbook, her freelance work has appeared in publications around the world. Kristina joined the Gut Microbiota for Health publishing team in 2014.  Find her on: Google • Twitter

As MyNewGut, a research initiative involving thirty organizations from fifteen countries, continued to carry out its research program on prebiotic fibres and the gut microbiota, project participants held a workshop before the International Dietary Fibre Conference 2015 in Paris. With presentations by well-known researchers, as well as industry and government representatives, the workshop brought together plans for updating and implementing…

Kristina Campbell
Science writer Kristina Campbell (M.Sc.), from British Columbia (Canada), specializes in communicating about the gut microbiota, digestive health, and nutrition. Author of the best selling Well-Fed Microbiome Cookbook, her freelance work has appeared in publications around the world. Kristina joined the Gut Microbiota for Health publishing team in 2014.  Find her on: Google • Twitter