Current treatments for Bacterial Vaginosis, a condition caused by a disturbed vaginal microbiota resulting in certain bacteria becoming overgrown, comprise of antibiotics – tablets, gels, or creams. Antibiotics work by killing the overgrown bacteria to […]
Vedanta Biosciences, a clinical-stage company that is developing a potential new category of oral therapies based on defined bacterial consortia, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the global Phase 3 RESTORATiVE303 […]
A team of POSTECH and ImmunoBiome has made a significant breakthrough in the fight against cancer. Their research, published in the May issue of Nature Immunology (Volume 25, pages790–801,2024), explores a dietary-derived bacterial strain, IMB001. This strain […]
A new tool developed at the University of Virginia School of Medicine will help doctors and scientists better understand and overcome childhood undernutrition that contributes to almost half of all deaths of children under 5. […]
The Novo Nordisk Foundation, Wellcome, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new partnership to support critical scientific research and development (R&D) for global health. The partnership is focused on supporting science and […]
Lallemand Health Solutions and dsm-firmenich are joining forces to launch early-life synbiotic solutions, leveraging the synergy of probiotics and human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). Unlocking the synergy between probiotics and HMOs to provide infants with the […]
Leveraging gamers and video game technology can dramatically boost scientific research according to a new study published on April 15th in Nature Biotechnology. 4.5 million gamers around the world have advanced medical science by helping […]
SNIPR Biome ApS (“SNIPR”), the company pioneering the development of precision medicines using CRISPR technology for microbial gene therapy, announces today that it has received $5.48 million from Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (“CARB-X”) to […]
MRM Health NV, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics for inflammatory, CNS and metabolic diseases, today reports positive topline results from its Phase 2a clinical trial with MH002 in the orphan disease indication Pouchitis. […]
Researchers at the University of Chicago have developed a new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool that models the infant microbiome. This “digital twin” of the infant microbiome creates a virtual model that predicts the changing […]
With resistance to chemical antibiotics on the rise, the world needs entirely new forms of antibiotics. A new study published in Microbiology Spectrum, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology, shows that an enzymatic cocktail […]