The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has declared insufficient sleep a ‘public health problem’, with more than one-third of American adults not getting enough sleep on a regular basis. Experts in gut microbiome […]
Adaptive Phage Therapeutics (APT), a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to advancing therapies that address the global rise of multi-drug resistant infections, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its Investigational New Drug […]
Novozymes, the world leader in biological solutions, announced the acquisition of the microbiome R&D team and data science platform of Biota. Based in San Diego, US, Biota pioneered industrial genomics using microbiome insights, impacting the […]
As interest in microbiome is rapidly growing globally, the Greater Copenhagen region – spanning Eastern Denmark and the southernmost part of Sweden – offers international businesses and researchers a unique combination of a rich ecosystem […]
The human gut consists of a complex community of microbes that consume and secrete hundreds of small molecules–a phenomenon called cross-feeding. However, it is challenging to study these processes experimentally. A new study, published in […]
Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Rebiotix Inc., a Ferring Company, and MyBiotics Pharma Ltd. today announced a multi-year strategic collaboration to develop live microbiota-based biotherapeutics to address bacterial vaginosis, a common vaginal infection among women of reproductive age […]
Scientists from Nanjing University and the University of Macau have devised a new approach to extend the survival of transplanted probiotics in vivo, enhancing the efficacy of cancer chemo-/immunotherapies in mice. The paper entitled “Smectite […]
Global biotech executive Thomas Mitchell is set to drive growth, innovation and expansion across Asia Pacific for thriving biotechnology start-up BiomeBank, Australia’s first public stool bank and microbiome therapeutics company, bringing with him a wealth […]
Fecal transplant changes the gut microbiome, turning cancer immunotherapy non-responders into responders. Video Credits: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Researchers at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) demonstrate that changing the gut […]
A CONCEPT known as dry biofilms has emerged over the past few years and they have shown to frequently harbour potentially infectious organisms, just like the ones present in Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs). However, as […]
A new study from UBC researchers suggests a strong correlation between following the MIND and Mediterranean diets and later onset of Parkinson’s disease (PD). While researchers have long known of neuroprotective effects of the MIND […]