The DuPont Microbiome Venture and Global Health & Nutrition Science teams have worked in collaboration with the University of Virginia and 4Pharma Ltd in an experimental rhinovirus challenge to understand the role of nasal microbiota clusters and their […]
4D pharma plc (AIM: DDDD), a pharmaceutical company leading the development of live biotherapeutics, announced positive top-line results for its Phase Ib study of Thetanix in paediatric patients with Crohn’s disease. The study achieved its […]
The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) has released a critique of two recent papers (here and here), which were published last week in the scientific journal Cell. The ISAPP Board of Directors, along […]
OptiBiotix Health plc (AIM: OPTI), a life sciences business developing compounds to tackle obesity, high cholesterol and skin care, announces the formation of a 100% owned subsidiary, ProBiotix Health Limited (“ProBiotix”), and appointment of Adam […]
uBiome recently raised $83 million in Series C financing, with OS Fund leading the round, and participation from 8VC, Y Combinator, Dentsu Ventures, as well as additional new and existing investors. “This is the next […]
Evolve BioSystems, makers of Evivo® baby probiotic, today unveiled its prototype for the first-ever rapid-response infant gut microbiome screening test. Using a small stool sample collected from a diaper the test will detect levels of […]
Indigo Ag, Inc., a company dedicated to harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet, announces the launch of Indigo Marketplace™, along with the close of a $250M Series E funding round. Indigo Marketplace […]
Prescient Medicine Holdings, LLC and Metabiomics Corp., have announced a joint venture to develop an innovative microbiome diagnostics platform for detecting precancerous colon polyps and diagnosing other types of gastrointestinal diseases including Crohn’s, colitis (IBD), […]
Global demand exists for new ways to reduce antibiotic use, given the urgent public health threat of antibiotic resistance. A scientific paper published in European Journal of Public Health reports that those who take probiotics as […]
Microbiome Insights, Inc. will receive a contribution of up to $190,249 from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to help support the development of a new personal health platform […]
The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), a nonprofit biomedical research institution, and Azitra, Inc., a company developing microbiome-based therapeutics to treat skin diseases and conditions, have been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Department of Defense (DoD). […]