Gut Microbiome

Researchers discovered a group of bacterial species and strains that may be used as an alternative to fecal microbiota transplantation to restore a patient’s gut microbiome, according to a study in Nature Microbiology.

Yogurt containing Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 may protect patients against harmful changes in the gut microbiome that may lead to antibiotic-associated diarrhea, according to a study in Nutrients.

Certain baseline gut microbiome features correlated with future changes in weight following intervention, according to study results published in mSystems, an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $180,000 predoctoral fellowship to a grad student at University of Massachusetts Amherst for allergy and food science research.

Healio Gastroenterology presents the following report on the top 10 peer-tested stories from August.

In this exclusive video, Mahmoud A. Ghannoum, PhD, FAAM, FIDSA, professor from Case Western University, discusses a study looking at the gut microbiome’s health for addressing depression during COVID-19.

Recent research has supported the theory of a connection between the gut and brain.

Flavonoid-rich foods appear to have beneficial effects on BP, explained in part by gut microbiome characteristics, researchers reported in Hypertension.

Novel bacterial markers predicted autism spectrum disorder in children and showed persistent underdevelopment of the gut microbiota among these children, according to data published in Gut.

In this video exclusive, Sabine Hazan, MD, discussed what stool says about an individual’s health, the role of the gut microbiome in overall health and things COVID-19 survivors and long-haulers need to pay attention to.