Big data makes big promises when it comes to providing insights into human behavior and health. The problem is how to harness the information it provides in an efficient manner. An international team of researchers […]
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 […]
In an ongoing series of research conducted by KMK Consulting, Inc. covering Innovation & Customer Value, Allergan and Bausch Health (backed by its Salix division) were ranked as the top companies best poised to deliver […]
Persephone Biosciences Inc., a biotechnology company that designs microbiome therapeutics and diagnostics to promote normal immune function in order to prevent and fight disease, today announced that it is developing an immune-boosting microbiome therapeutic to […]
Overview: In recent studies, 48.5 million couples worldwide were identified as being infertile, and 50% of these were found to be due to a male infertility problem (Agarwal et al., 2015). Multiplefactors may be contributing […]
Ilya Pharma a clinical stage biopharma company today announced that it has received a BIO-X® grant that will be matched with company funding to complete preclinical studies for two novel chemokine-based gene therapy candidates, ILP100 […]
Evolve BioSystems, Inc., a global leader dedicated to improving human health through the gut microbiome, today announced a collaboration with Janssen Research & Development, LLC, one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, […]
Introduction The microbiome is one of the hottest areas in biotechnology, as countless studies have linked its composition and activity with human disease1,2, especially in illnesses of poorly understood mechanisms, with high medical unmet needs. […]
The global public health community is responding to a rapidly evolving pandemic of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus that was first detected in China. The virus has been named “SARS-CoV-2” and the disease […]
Today, DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences (DuPont) announced a second collaboration with the APC Microbiome Ireland SFI Research Center (APC), a pioneer in the field of microbiome science, which focuses on microbes that live in and […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing health care providers and patients of the potential risk of serious or life-threatening infections with the use of fecal microbiota for transplantation (FMT). The agency is now aware […]