BiomX Ltd., a microbiome company developing customized phage therapies, announced the closing of a $32 million series B equity financing. The financing was led by existing investors OrbiMed, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc., […]
S-Biomedic, a pioneer in patented human microbiome skin applications, announces the successful completion of their second Series A financing round. The second closing welcomed a new investor, DSM Venturing and was also supported by existing […]
“The association of microbial GABA metabolism [the brain protein gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)] with mental health is highly compelling.” Jack Gilbert, Argonne microbial ecologist Researchers have established a correlation between depression and a group of neurotransmitter-producing […]
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Biology and Biomedicine category has gone in this eleventh edition to American researcher Jeffrey Gordon, for his fundamental discovery of the importance of the gut microbial […]
During the 2019 IPPE show, Phibro Animal Health will introduce its new Provia™ Prime direct fed microbial product that helps optimize the gut microbiome for improved health, immunity and productivity in poultry. “A healthy microbiome can […]
Scientists working on the gut microbiome* have discovered and isolated more than 100 completely new species of bacteria from healthy people’s intestines. The study from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Australia, […]
Pivot Bio announced that its flagship product, Pivot Bio PROVEN™, outperformed chemical nitrogen fertilizer in the company’s 2018 national trials. Growers using Pivot Bio PROVEN™, the industry’s first sustainable nitrogen-producing microbe for corn, consistently observed […]
Viome announces it has entered into an agreement with Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) to acquire Habit, a leading personalized nutrition company that takes the guesswork out of eating right. Now operating as one, the two […]
The Pharmabiotic Research Institute (PRI), a non-for-profit pro industry group that assists its members with the development of their Microbiotic Medicinal Products (MMPs) is hosting an ‘/OMICS’ Task Group March 14th in Paris, following Pharmabiotics 2019 Conference […]
Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:2264), a Japanese dairy product company, today announced new research showing that consumption of its proprietary probiotic Morinaga Bifidobacterium infantis M-63 improved the mental state of victims of the disastrous 2014-2015 […]
4D pharma plc (AIM: DDDD) announces the publication of a paper outlining the mechanism and strong immuno-stimulatory effects of MRx0518. The paper ‘The flagellin of candidate live biotherapeutic Enterococcus gallinarum MRx0518 is a potent immunostimulant‘ […]