Gut Microbiome

Specific enterotypes of the gut microbiota in infants aged 1 month may have an impact on the likelihood for food sensitization to egg whites, according to results published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Researchers made strides this year in the diagnosis and treatment of autism. They also learned more about potential factors that might increase the risk for autism.

Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances may be linked to worse kidney function by reduced short-chain fatty acid-producing bacteria and anti-inflammatory metabolites, according to a proof-of-concept analysis.

For November’s Clostridioides difficile Awareness Month, the Peggy Lillis Foundation has launched a “See C. diff diagnosed” campaign to educate the public on the most common health care-associated infection, according to a press release.

An abundance of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii or Roseburia hominis may predict the effectiveness of high-dose thiamine treatment to alleviate chronic fatigue in quiescent inflammatory bowel disease, according to research.

Combining gut microbiome manipulation with immunotherapy and tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy conveyed clinical benefit for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, results of a randomized phase 1 trial showed.

Chemotherapy-induced changes to the gut microbiome may explain why some patients with cancer experience post-chemotherapy cognitive decline.

Gut microbiomes in children with food allergy may differ from those without food allergy, with fewer differences seen in younger children, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

CHICAGO — In this video, an expert at NUTRITION discusses ongoing research investigating the role of the gut microbiota in nutrition and inflammation.

BOSTON — Evidence suggests hyperandrogenism is associated with changes in the gut microbiome in women with polycystic ovary syndrome and the gut microbiome may play a causal role in PCOS metabolic dysregulation, according to a speaker.