A panel of scientific experts* assembled in London, UK, on October 23, 2013 to discuss the scope and appropriate use of the term ‘probiotic.’ The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) organized the meeting to review the relevance
Gut Microbiota Research & Practice is a section dedicated to promoting knowledge-sharing and debate among researchers, scientists and healthcare professionals. You will find a selection of discussions about articles from scientific literature as well as other content including interviews with experts, event reports, and special publications.
Patrick Veiga and MetaHIT colleagues tested how fermented milks product could modulate microbiota. Using a metagenomics approach, they found that the abundance of unknown species increased in the gut when patients took the fermented milk product. Having access to the
Interview with Dr. James Versalovic, children’s microbiome researcher
8 Sep 2014by Kristina Campbell
Dr. James Versalovic, M.D., Ph.D, is the director of the Texas Children's Hospital Microbiome Center and head of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Section. He is also a professor at Baylor College of Medicine. As the Gut Microbiota for Health expert on research tools, Dr. Versalovic spoke with
Contrary to the common idea of a "sterile" intrauterine environment, Aagaard and coauthors demonstrated the presence of a microbiome in placentas from 320 healthy pregnancies, collected under sterile conditions. This microbiome was quite different from that reported in other parts
In Science Report journal, Zhang and colleagues published a study about Mongolians known to have their own typical lifestyle, notably in terms of dietary habits. Using 16S rDNA pyrosequencing, researchers showed the presence of a phylogenetic core microbiota comprising the
A guide to the present and future of fecal microbiota transplantation, with Dr. Alexander Khoruts
1 Sep 2014by Kristina Campbell
Alexander Khoruts, MD, is a gastroenterologist and Associate Professor of Medicine at University of Minnesota. Since he carried out his first fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in 2008, he has conducted research on the procedure and developed protocols for wider clinical use.
Marion Leclerc is a French microbiologist working at INRA (the French National Institute for Agricultural Research) Jouy-en-Josas Centre. She spoke with Gut Microbiota for Health about her various areas of research. Research group of Marion Leclerc What research are
Stefka and colleagues studied whether food allergy could be affected by gut microbiota. Germ-free, antibiotic treated and conventional mice have been exposed to a peanut allergen. They found that sensitization to the allergen increased in germ free and antibiotic treated
Stein and colleagues describe in their study, published in PLOS computational biology, how time series can help to study dynamics of the microbiota. Moreover, unlike usual cross sectional studies which lack a mechanistic understanding of the ecosystem's structure and its
Interview with Prof. Yolanda Sanz, project coordinator of My New Gut
22 Aug 2014by Kristina Campbell
Thirty organizations from fifteen countries are coming together to conduct gut microbiome research in a new project called MyNewGut. Professor Yolanda Sanz has been appointed MyNewGut's project coordinator and leads the project's human intervention trials on the gut microbiome's ability to metabolise nutrients
