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The first 1,000 days of life: the prominence of bifidobacteria for infants’ gut microbiota development and later health outcomes

4 Mar 2022

by 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.

Gut health benefits begin in pregnancy

10 Nov 2021

by Cristina Sáez

Assumed for a long-time immune system training started after birth, when mom’s microbiota started colonizing the newborn, Yale University scientists point out that process may have begun much earlier, in utero.

A healthy gut for a healthy heart? A 10-year study looks at the gut-heart connection

17 Feb 2021

by Megan Mouw

A new study suggests that the gut microbiota may be a novel avenue for exploring heart disease prevention. This article explains how a diet higher in plants and lower in animal products may decrease heart disease risk thanks to the reduction in certain metabolites produced by the gut microbiota.

Patient, gut microbiome and gastrointestinal function data integration lets scientists discover new potential targets in IBS

5 Oct 2020

by GMFH Editing Team

The heterogeneity of cross-sectional IBS studies has limited elucidating the gut ecosystem’s overall involvement in the disease pathogenesis. New longitudinal research that integrates multi-omics, patient and gastrointestinal data reveals previously unidentified targets that accompany changes in IBS activity.

Gut microbiome composition may have an effect on arterial stiffness in women

26 Jul 2018

by Andreu Prados

A new study has found that arterial stiffness is inversely correlated with gut microbiome diversity and the abundance of specific gut microorganisms in women.

A new review explores how nutrition impacts gut microbial communities

8 Jun 2017

by Paul Enck

A recent review explores the evidence that exists for how dietary modulation of gut microbiota composition occurs, and the extent to which it depends on inter-individual microbiota variation in humans.

Interplay between genetics and microbial metabolism contributes to inflammation in the gut

24 Oct 2016

by Heather Galipeau

In a recently published paper in Nature Medicine, a group led by Harry Sokol at INRA studied how host genes affect the composition and function of the gut microbiota, and in turn, the production of metabolites and intestinal inflammation.