Emerging studies suggest the gut microbiome may predict how well you age. The world’s oldest person offers scientists new clues into the secrets of healthy aging and protection against the diseases that often plague the final years of life.
A new stool biomarker for multiple sclerosis: gut bacteria’s role in disease progression
13 May 2025by Manon Oliero
New research suggests that changes in the ratio between two common gut bacteria could be associated with symptom severity in people with multiple sclerosis. While more studies are needed, the findings point to a potential microbial marker for monitoring the disease.
What lies beneath a dirty diaper? (Spoiler: thousands of unknown allied viruses!)
15 Nov 2023by Cristina Sáez
An international team of scientists has studied diaper samples of nearly 650 healthy 1-year-old babies for 5 years and has discovered 10,000 species of viruses, most of them unknown until now. Far from causing children to be sick, those viruses are thought to be true allies, playing an important role in protecting us from chronic diseases.
The first 1,000 days of life: the prominence of bifidobacteria for infants’ gut microbiota development and later health outcomes
4 Mar 2022by Konstantina Zafeiropoulou
The first 2-3 years of life are crucial for shaping childhood health. Amid others, the importance of early-life gut microbiota in infant’s development and later human health has been long speculated. In particular, bifidobacteria are playing an essential role in infant’s gut microbiota and immune system maturation that supports its probiotic use in that age span.
Is it time to consider next-generation beneficial microbes for tackling obesity?
15 Feb 2021by Andreu Prados
Is it time to consider next-generation beneficial microbes for tackling obesity? APC Microbiome Ireland researchers identify Bifidobacterium longum APC1472 as a promising candidate
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.
New insights regarding gut microbiota as a potential target for prevention of allergic disease in childhood
5 Apr 2018by GMFH Editing Team
A study has found that an elevated Klebsiella/Bifidobacterium (K/B) ratio could be used as a potential gut microbiota biomarker.
A review discusses new evidence for the role of gut microbiota in figuring out whether a patient will respond to cancer therapies
15 Feb 2018by Andreu Prados
A review by Dr. Christian Jobin discusses how cancer immunotherapies could be used with more precision when considering gut microbiota-mediated interactions with the immune system.
A brief overview of the mechanisms of action by which traditional and next-generation probiotics affect host health
19 Jan 2018by Patrice D. Cani
According to the 2014 International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) expert consensus document on the definition of probiotic, some mechanisms seem to be rare among different strains, but others are widespread among strains of the same species.
Supplementation with Bifidobacterium strains may modulate the faecal microbiota and metabolites of healthy infants during the first year of life
9 Nov 2017by Paul Enck
The first 3 years of life appear to represent the most critical period for dietary interventions with the goal of manipulating microbiota to improve child growth and development and positively affect health.
