Many individuals living with chronic disease—whether it’s asthma, allergies, atopic dermatitis, type 2 diabetes, or another condition—readily confirm their therapeutic options leave a lot to be desired. Even if an existing drug product deals adequately […]
1. What is taxonomy, what’s the reality behind it – and why do we need it anyway? Taxonomy is the branch of science concerned with the classification of organisms. Since Darwin, it has allowed to […]
Through the month of September, the microbiome scientific literature had some particularly interesting contributions related to human health. First up is a pair of papers on the significance of serotonin that’s made in the gut, […]
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 […]