Probiota Copenhagen 2019 broke a new record, going from 250 attendees last year to 350 and sold out! Why? Because of its unique approach to bringing together stakeholders from the industry, the academy, CROs and […]
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 […]
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, […]
The list of presentations from any recent microbiome conference shows the diversity of approaches by which scientists are pursuing discovery of microbiome-focused therapeutics. And common to all of these approaches is the essential need to […]
In just a few short years, Rebiotix has taken the concept of “bugs as drugs” and turned it into actual practice, constructing a standardized, stabilized drug product from the broad consortia of microbes present in a […]
On 13 December 2018, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) released the following statement: “Omega-3 fatty acid medicines are no longer considered as effective in preventing heart disease.” As several communications have been published by multiple […]
The successful introduction of the 2018 Pharmabiotics Young Investigator Awards set the stage for its development as one of the most important and prestigious awards for young microbiome researchers. Co-initiated by the Pharmabiotic Research Institute […]
This summary of the 6th R&D and Business Collaboration Forum was authored by Anusha Gandhi from Microbiome Insights. The original version can be found here on their blog Leaders in the microbiome industry met in San […]
In the largest clinical microbiome study in infants reported to date, a team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine explored the sequence of microbial colonization in the infant gut through age 4 and […]
On September 17, 2018 hopes were high regarding the clarification of the regulatory framework as well as a potential decision or ambitions by the FDA to stimulate further discussion regarding microbiome-based products, as the agency […]
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 […]