Microbiome

The March of Dimes awarded a grant to further research into profiling the vaginal microbiome and investigate its connection with spontaneous preterm birth, part of a larger effort to develop a test for preterm birth risk.

Researchers identified a strong correlation between the milk microbiome of mothers with allergic disease and the season of infant birth, according to study results published in Allergy.

The link between antibiotic use in infancy and childhood asthma has been investigated, revealing a higher risk for asthma with antibiotics, but there remains a question of how the microbiome underlies this, according to a press release.

During pregnancy, various aspects of the oral microbiome were associated with stress and mental health, differing from known ties between the gut microbiome and mental health, researchers reported in BMJ Mental Health.

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.

Findings from a study that identified differences in the gut microbiota of children with autism indicate that stool sample testing could be used as an early, noninvasive diagnostic tool for autism, researchers reported.

Susan Bullman, PhD, has been named an associate member of the James P. Allison Institute at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

CHICAGO — The microbiome profile of early-onset pancreatic adenocarcinoma is distinct from that of average-onset disease, according to findings presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.