At the beginning of 2020, I said to the Seventure team, that this would be the ‘Year of the Microbiome’.I still believe this will be true even in a COVID-19 world when our lives have […]
The adage “all things in moderation” applies not to just to food and drink, but also to the legions of bacteria inside our guts helping us digest that food and drink. It turns out the […]
Abstract: At Eagle Genomics, we use graph databases to model the biological domain. This enables the scientist to access the relevant information and insight they are looking for in a number of industries, including pharmaceuticals, healthcare […]
Abstract: As vast amounts of high-throughput data are generated from sequencing the microbiome, suitable analysis approaches are needed to effectively evaluate the data and reach robust conclusions to power studies incorporating microbiome research questions. Sequencing […]
Abstract: A wide class of formal statistical methods exist that can be developed and applied to microbiome data. In this talk we present a statistical regression model. Regressing an outcome or dependent variable onto a set […]
Today, Rebiotix and Ferring Pharmaceuticals announced positive preliminary findings from their ongoing pivotal Phase 3 trial of the investigational microbiome-based treatment, RBX2660. These preliminary positive efficacy findings mark an important milestone, advancing RBX2660 in its […]
The COVID-19 crisis is causing immense suffering and an appalling death toll. It has also dramatically impacted our personal and professional lives, and individuals, businesses and investors can’t wait to get back to normalcy. However, […]
Probiota is set with the ambition to connect business and science of the microbiome space, build community, start conversations and inspire innovation, as very well expressed by Nathan Gray from William Reed. Probiota this year […]
Although the April 15, 2020 decision of the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) was to invalidate The University of Chicago’s US microbiome patent, much can be learned and some positive notes echo from […]
Taxonomy is the branch of science that classifies and names organisms. Lactobacillus were first described in 1901 with Lactobacillus delbrueckii, a species indispensable in yogurt, and grew exponentially since the beginning of the 21stcentury thanks to […]
Cancer mutations can be caused by common gut bacteria carried by many people. This was demonstrated by researchers from the Hubrecht Institute (KNAW) and Princess Máxima Center in Utrecht, the Netherlands. By exposing cultured human […]