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Month: August 2019

Pharma & Human Health

Clostridium difficile infections may have a friend in fungi

August 29, 2019 Microbiome Times

The pathogen Clostridium difficile, which causes one of the most common hospital-acquired infections in the United States, may have accomplices that until now have gone largely unnoticed. This week in mSphere, researchers report finding fungi […]

Finance

BiomX Announces In-house Phage Manufacturing Facility

August 28, 2019 Microbiome Times

BiomX Ltd., a microbiome company developing both natural and engineered phage therapies, announced completion of construction of a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. The new facility is located at the company’s headquarters in Ness Ziona and […]

Editor's Choice

Genetic Census of the Human Microbiome

August 23, 2019 Microbiome Times

How many stars are there in the observable universe? It was once deemed an impossible question, but astronomers have gleaned an answer–about one billion trillion of them. Now, scientists at Harvard Medical School and Joslin […]

Animal Health

Poo transplants to help save koalas

August 22, 2019 Microbiome Times

Poo transplants are helping expand koala microbiomes, allowing the marsupials to eat a wider range of eucalypts and possibly survive habitat loss. A study featuring University of Queensland researchers has analysed and altered microbes in […]

Finance

Finch Therapeutics Raises $53 Million to Advance Microbiome-Based Therapies

August 22, 2019 Microbiome Times

Finch Therapeutics Group, Inc., a clinical-stage microbiome therapeutics company, announced the completion of a $53 million Series C financing. The financing comes from new investors including OCV Partners, Susquehanna International Group (SIG), Symbiosis LLC and […]

Animal Health

National Microbiome Data Collaborative to develop open-access framework for harnessing microbiome data

August 14, 2019 Microbiome Times

The National Microbiome Data Collaborative (NMDC), a new initiative aimed at empowering microbiome research, is gearing up its pilot phase after receiving $10 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science. Spearheaded […]

Pharma & Human Health

Bacteria on tumors influences immune response and survival of patients with pancreatic cancer

August 12, 2019 Microbiome Times

A key difference between the few pancreatic cancer patients who survive long-term and the many whose disease overcomes all treatments is the bacterial signatures on their tumors that either stimulate or suppress immune response, a […]

Finance

Corteva Agriscience to Invest in Evogene’s Agriculture Biologicals Subsidiary, Lavie Bio

August 9, 2019 Microbiome Times

Corteva, Inc. (NYSE: CTVA), a leading pure-play agriculture company, and Evogene Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: EVGN), a leading biotechnology company developing novel products for life science markets, announced today that Corteva will make an investment in […]

Pharma & Human Health

Novel Technologies for Understanding Metabolomic Communications between Host and Microbiota

August 9, 2019 Microbiome Times

Webinar Presentation by Alex Buko, Vice President Business and Product Development at Human Metabolome Technologies America.

Pharma & Human Health

Precision editing of gut bacteria reduces cancer in mice

August 7, 2019 Microbiome Times

UT Southwestern researchers have shown that precision editing of the bacterial populations in the gut reduces inflammation-associated colorectal cancer in mice. The study published this week by the Journal of Experimental Medicine could lay the […]

Finance

LUCA Biologics Launches to Develop Live Biotherapeutics for Women’s Health Starting with UTI

August 7, 2019 Microbiome Times

LUCA Biologics, a biotechnology company co-founded by Dr. Jacques Ravel, announced today it will develop live biotherapeutics for widespread, unmet medical needs in women’s health. Ravel will serve as LUCA’s Chief Scientist. The company’s first […]

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