Why Phages, and Why Now? Many modern diseases have been linked to alterations in the microbiome and changing it back could be the key to restoring health. Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses that kill bacteria with […]
It is estimated that nearly 3 million newborns and 1.2 million children suffer from sepsis globally each year, with limited effective forms of prevention currently available. To help combat this, DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences (DuPont), […]
This interview was originally published on the Biofortis Mérieux NutriSciences’ Blog. Pr Nicola Segata (Centre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Italy) received a €10,000 award from Institut Mérieux, on March 13th at Pharmabiotics 2019 to support his research […]
Biomica, an emerging biopharmaceutical company developing innovative microbiome-based therapeutics, and a subsidiary of Evogene Ltd. (NASDAQ: EVGN) (TASE: EVGN), announced the initiation of pre-clinical studies for BMC-121 & BMC-127, two rationally-designed microbial consortia, in its therapeutic […]
Three studies published in the journal Gut over the past 5 years describe how the gut microbiome of African infants is affected not only by dietary iron but also by the combination of iron with antibiotics […]
Kintai is pioneering precision therapeutics based on enteric signaling networks in the human body Flagship Pioneering, a unique life science innovation enterprise, today unveiled Kintai Therapeutics and named Paul-Peter Tak, M.D., Ph.D., as president, chief […]
MaaT Pharma announced that the independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) recommended the continuation, without amendment, of the ongoing Phase II HERACLES study (NCT03359980). The HERACLES trial investigates the use of lead biotherapeutic MaaT013 […]
SkinBioTherapeutics plc (AIM: SBTX – “SkinBioTherapeutics” or the “Company”), a life science company focused on skin health, provides the results of its first human study. The study was primarily undertaken to show the effects of […]
Kristina Campbell talks to Aoife Brennan to find out how Synlogic is pioneering the development of engineered probiotics to deliver specific functions in the human body to compliment for deficiencies brought about by disease.
C3J Therapeutics, Inc. (C3J) a private clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the development of novel targeted antimicrobials based on bacteriophage, announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued patent No. […]
Following Biofortis first paper The human microbiome: a global overview of clinical trials activity, this article compares the emergence of the human microbiome field with the rise of human genomics through a review on how […]