Regular use of probiotics in infants and children can significantly reduce the need for antibiotic treatment during childhood, which, in turn, would slow down the development of antibiotic resistance.
Gut microbiome development continues between 6 and 9 years of age, with pre-school diet and breastfeeding acting as major driving forces
28 Jan 2019by GMFH Editing Team
During the first 2 to 3 years of life, gut microbiota modulation appears to play a critical role in later health outcomes. New observational work reveals that breastfeeding duration and pre-school diet are major modulators of the gut microbiota of children aged between 6 and 9 years.
A new review analyzes gut microbiota’s influence on brain development and function in early life
17 Jan 2019by GMFH Editing Team
The first two to three years of life represent a critical period for dietary interventions that target the microbiota and its contribution to improving child growth. What is interesting is the fact that the gut microbiota’s development during early life parallels critical periods of neurodevelopment.
The most significant achievements in gut microbiome science in 2018
27 Dec 2018by GMFH Editing Team
GMFH continue to cover the important progress made in our knowledge of the gut microbiota's impact on wellbeing and disease.
Recent studies shed light on how early-life gut microbiota might help identify children at risk of developing obesity and T1D later in childhood.
The source of antibiotic resistance genes in the infant gut may rely on the mother’s gut and breast milk microbiota
18 Oct 2018by Andreu Prados
A new study has found that maternal gut and breast milk microbiomes may contribute to infant acquisition of antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements.
New research studies relationships between oral and gut microbiome during early life
4 Oct 2018by GMFH Editing Team
A new study published in The ISME Journal studied the temporal maturation of the oral microbiome ecosystem and how it is affected by environmental factors in 90 children followed from birth to 7 years of age.
Two studies characterize the transmission of the microbiome from mother to infant during the first months of life
1 Oct 2018by Andreu Prados
Two recent studies published in Cell Host Microbe have provided a longitudinal characterization of the microbiome’s transmission from mother to infant over the first few months of life.
Strategies for prevention and treatment of children’s allergic disease through the gut microbiota
9 May 2018by Kristina Campbell
Teams of scientists from around the world envisage new solutions and methods for treating and preventing different kinds of allergic diseases, thanks to our gut microbiota and its preventive role.
A synbiotic mixture may have an impact on healthy young children’s gut microbiota
3 May 2018by GMFH Editing Team
A new randomized, double-blind and controlled multicenter clinical study has found that a synbiotic formula supplemented with short-chain galacto-oligosaccharides/long-chain fructo-oligosaccharides and Bifidobacterium breve M-16V may modulate healthy toddlers’ gut microbiota by increasing levels of Bifidobacterium.