For a long time, consumers have associated metabolic health with a healthy weight, but it goes far beyond that. Metabolic health is not about looking good, it is about being healthy, and it involves having […]
A new study has added numerous previously uncharacterized viral genomes and genes to the ever-increasing worldwide pool of human gut viromes. The study, published in mSystems, an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, […]
Solarea Bio, a biotech company based in Cambridge, MA that is developing microbial-based solutions to aid human health, announced it has signed a technology licensing agreement with global nutrition leader ADM (NYSE: ADM). Solarea Bio has developed […]
Axial Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the lives of people with neurological diseases, today announced the completion of a $37.25 million Series C financing. OneVentures, a venture capital firm headquartered in Sydney, […]
Nascent, Complex, and Evolving Market The microbial population in the human body the human microbiome numbers in the trillions,(1) and genes within these microbes are often referred to as the “second genome”(2). Most commensal, symbiotic, […]
Intralytix, Inc. announced that its food safety product, CampyShield™, has received GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) recognition from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), GRAS No: GRN 000966. CampyShield™ is a non-chemical antimicrobial preparation containing […]
Vedanta Biosciences, a clinical-stage company that is developing a potential new category of oral therapies based on defined bacterial consortia, today announced that its Phase 2 clinical trial of VE303, an orally administered investigational live […]
Improved growth of certain organisms (now known to be bacteria) in the absence of oxygen was conclusively demonstrated by Louis Pasteur in the 1860s. Catalytic removal of oxygen from the incubation atmosphere, allowing surface growth […]
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and L’Oréal Singapore today launched a new joint laboratory hosted by the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), to conduct research on the community of bacteria, fungi, […]