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Babies born vaginally have different gut bacteria – their microbiome – than those delivered by Caesarean, research has shown. Scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, UCL, the University of Birmingham and their collaborators discovered that […]

July Some of the microbiome-related papers published this month prompted active discussions on social media—highlighting just how much we’re learning, but also how hard it is to interpret the data at times. Listed here are […]

This Probiota edition finally set foot in the country with the most effective regulation around probiotics, Canada, on 24-26 June 2019 in Vancouver! NutraIngredients USA introduced the Wellness Program, proposing attendees to walk, run, practice […]

Studies presented at leading microbiome conferences have grown in sophistication over the past several years and have uncovered important mechanistic links between the microbiome and aspects of host health. In fact, certain microorganisms (Akkermansia, Faecalibacterium […]

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 […]

Some especially good work was published in the microbiome scientific literature this past month. Several of the papers below constitute important investigations that are likely to shape new areas of study or spur new medical […]

Millions of people take capsules of probiotics with the goal of improving their digestion, but what if those bacteria were also able to detect diseases in the gut and indicate when something is awry? New […]

The first time Vayu Maini Rekdal manipulated microbes, he made a decent sourdough bread. At the time, young Maini Rekdal, and most people who head to the kitchen to whip up a salad dressing, pop […]