Sentences with phrase «gut microbiome studies»

There is high diversity of studies, with a high abundance of gut microbiome studies, a few publications on fecal transplant, and some very interesting early life / pregnancy / mother - infant science.

The position will provide a unique and multidisciplinary exposure to in vivo gut microbiome studies, lipid / lipoprotein metabolism, metabolomics, and drug development.

This workshop targets microbiologists, bioinformaticians and physicians, in order to favor the translational applications of the gut microbiome studies.

Not exact matches

Some small studies have suggested that synbiotics could provide benefits to a range of other conditions influenced by the gut microbiome as well, including obesity, diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, but larger - scale clinical trials focusing on each of those conditions are needed.

Biotech's Encouraging Phase 2 Gut Microbiome Data «Bodes Well» for Phase 3 Source: Streetwise Reports (3/14/18) H.C. Wainwright & Co. analyst Ram Selvaraju reported the latest study findings involving this biotherapeutic firm's lead asset.

DuPont Nutrition & Health (DuPont) released the findings of a research study showing that DuPont ™ Danisco ® Litesse ® Ultra ™ polydextrose alters the gut microbiome.

Even in IBD patients, who have a very messed up microbiome (a finding of the American Gut data), the benefits of antioxidant therapy is well documented (see below studies).

Previous studies have shown that a high fat maternal diet during gestation and lactation has a long - term impact on the infant's gut microbiome (the community of bacteria living inside the human gut.)

Some studies have also linked the microbiome to human mood and behavior as well as gut health, human development, and metabolic disorders.

«Further studies are needed to delineate if specific changes in maternal diet during breast - feeding alter the infant gut microbiome and to determine if this results in any health consequences for the infant,» said Kristen Meyer, in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine and the presenter of the study at the SMFM annual conference.

Given that these two components of breast milk have the potential to alter the gut microbiome of breast - feeding infants, the results of the study suggest that development of the infant gut microbiome may be affected in part by what the mother eats during breastfeeding.

In a study to be presented Thursday, Jan. 26, in the oral plenary session at 1:15 p.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal - Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, researchers with Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas and University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, will present their findings on a study titled, Maternal Diet Structures the Breast Milk Microbiome in Association with Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Gut - Associated Bacteria.

In addition, many studies do not take into account the complex interaction of different fatty acid subtypes, such as omega - 3 and omega - 6 fatty acids, on gut inflammation as well as their effect on the intestinal microbiome.

An emerging body of literature in adults has begun to establish clear associations between gut microbiome composition and a wide range of health outcomes.1 - 6 In contrast, comparatively little is known about the gut microbiome in infants and children, the exposures that shape it, and its lifelong health effects.7 Although limited in their size and scope, a number of studies have established associations between intestinal microbiome profiles in infants, delivery mode, and / or breast milk exposure.8 - 15 These factors both have long - term health consequences.

In a previous study of 24 healthy women, vaginal microbiome composition became less diverse between the second and third trimesters of pregnancy and just before delivery was enriched with Lactobacillus species, likely contributing to vertical transmission of these bacteria during vaginal birth.21 In a study of 10 newborns in Venezuela, within hours of delivery, the intestinal tracts of infants born vaginally were colonized by Lactobacillus and Prevotella, whereas infants delivered operatively acquired bacteria present on the mother's skin and the hospital environment, such as Staphylococcus, Proprionibacterium, and Corynebacterium.15 Quiz Ref ID Our findings, based on a large group of 6 - week - old infants, indicated that Lactobacillus also contributes to the microbial environment of the gut but to a lesser extent than Bifidobacteria, Bacteroides, and Streptococcus.

Oligosaccharides in breast milk are thought to promote Bifidobacterium growth, 35 and decreased Bifidobacterium in infancy has been found to be associated with an increased risk for being overweight at age 10 years.36 Many formulas are supplemented with prebiotics such as short - chain galacto - oligosaccharides and long - chain fructo - oligosaccharides that increase the overall representation of Bifidobacterium in the microbiome of formula - fed infants, and similar to breast milk, promote lactate and short - chain fatty acid prevalence in the infant gut (reviewed in the study by Oozeer et al37).

A research study released in May, 2017 found that the bacteria found in mother's milk and areolar skin seed the infant gut and profoundly influence the development of infant microbiome.

«The study advances our understanding of how the gut microbiome develops early in life,» Thompson said, «which is clearly a really important time period for a person's current and future health.»

Although the vast majority of research on the gut microbiome has focused on bacteria in the large intestine, a new study — one of a few to concentrate on microbes in the upper gastrointestinal tract — shows how the typical calorie - dense western diet can induce expansion of microbes that promote the digestion and absorption of high - fat foods.

«Microbial dispersal impacts animal guts: Study with zebrafish finds that transmitted microbes will lead to similar microbiomes and a selection process for some microbes.»

Dr Luis Pedro Coelho, corresponding author of the study, commented: «We found many similarities between the gene content of the human and dog gut microbiomes.

«Cultural revolution in the study of the gut microbiome: Human gut - on - a-chip technology used to co-culture gut microbiome, human intestinal cells could lead to new therapies for inflammatory bowel diseases.»

Published last week in Cell, a study by Santamaria and Kathy McCoy, PhD, from the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) reveals a new mechanism in the gut microbiome that regulates pro- and anti-inflammatory cells.

That's the tantalizing finding from a new study published today that reveals a way that mice — and potentially humans — can control the makeup and behavior of their gut microbiome.

Through projects at Duke Health, DCRI and the Duke Center for Childhood Obesity Research, Armstrong and other Duke scientists are assessing the most effective strategies to reduce obesity in children, including programs that offer at - risk children access to free medical care, partnerships with municipal recreation programs across North Carolina, and even studying children's gut bacteria to determine how the gut microbiome is related to weight.

In a related study also published today in PNAS, immunologists led by Gurumoorthy Krishnamoorthy and Hartmut Wekerle of the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried, Germany, examined the gut microbiomes of 34 sets of identical twins, aged 21 to 63, in which only one twin had MS.. They found that Akkermansia was slightly but significantly more abundant in MS patients than in their healthy twins.

Changes in the composition and activity of the gut microbiome in early life can influence the immune system and these changes might indirectly lead to changes in asthma later in life,» said Dr. Anke Maitland - van der Zee, senior author of the study.

«Several studies have detected differences in the composition of the gut microbiome between healthy people and those with obesity and type 2 diabetes, but the cause and effect remain unclear,» says Mark McCarthy, and continues:

Building on the information from this study, our ultimate long - term goal is to develop a way to alter the gut microbiome so that it protects people from reinfection.»

A new study from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham shows that Parkinson's disease, and medications to treat Parkinson's, have distinct effects on the composition of the trillions of bacteria that make up the gut microbiome.

«Our study showed major disruption of the normal microbiome ¬ — the organisms in the gut — in individuals with Parkinson's,» said Haydeh Payami, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Neurology, in the UAB School of Medicine.

«We investigated more specifically the role of gut microbiome in the health impact upon lead exposure in this study,» Xi said.

«The intestinal bacteria, or «gut microbiome,» you develop at a very young age, can have a big impact on your health for the rest of your life,» said the study's lead author Dan Knights, a University of Minnesota assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Biotechnology Institute.

The study indicated that Parkinson's is accompanied by imbalance in the gut microbiome.

It's currently a challenge to do this kind of microbial redesign — antibiotics reduce microbial burden but fail to induce major changes in bacterial composition, and from fecal transplant studies in the gut we know that bacterial populations return to a baseline population even after a major shift — so more work is needed to attempt a durable change in the vaginal microbiome.

Mice in the study that were put on a rich diet and received microbiome transplants helped the Wisconsin team expose functional differences attributable to two different transplanted microbiomes, including a link between the gut microbiome and insulin secretion.

«Most studies looking at benefits from soluble corn fiber are trying to solve digestion problems, and we are the first to determine that this relationship of feeding certain kind of fiber can alter the gut microbiome in ways that can enhance health,» Weaver said.

A new University of Iowa study in mice shows that drug - induced changes to the gut microbiome can cause obesity by reducing the resting metabolic rate — the calories burned while sleeping or resting.

Both studies demonstrate that the composition of the gut microbiome — the swarms of microorganisms naturally dwelling in the intestines — determines how effective these cancer immunotherapies are.

A new study describes research helping tease out the mechanics of how the gut microbiome communicates with the cells of its host to switch genes on and off.

A renaissance man of the microbiome, his lab studies the gut bacteria of everything from cows to sloths to pandas.

Now, new studies suggest the gut microbiome plays a critical role in infant growth — sometimes promoting it even in the absence of sufficient calories — providing tantalizing, if preliminary, clues about possible new interventions.

«Greater diversity of bacteria in the gut microbiome is associated with both a higher response rate to treatment and longer progression - free survival,» said study leader Jennifer Wargo, M.D., associate professor of Surgical Oncology at MD Anderson.

«We established a link between one bacterial species — Lactobacillus reuteri — that is a normal part of the gut microbiome, and the development of a population of cells that promote tolerance,» said Marco Colonna, MD, the Robert Rock Belliveau MD Professor of Pathology and the study's senior author.

«Women with polycystic ovary syndrome have less bacterial diversity in gut: Study finds elevated testosterone levels in women linked to changes in microbiome composition.»

In recent years, the study of human biology has been shaken up by discoveries of how the bacteria that live in the gut, the so - called microbiome, affect metabolism, the immune system, and disease progression.

Reducing this gut - associated inflammation has been a goal of clinicians and researchers, and rebalancing the gut microbiome has shown promise in small - animal studies.

«Twin study finds that gut microbiomes run in families.»

The investigators analyzed the gut microbiomes of 1,126 pairs of twins who were part of the TwinsUK Study.

«We set out to find out about human genes that are implicated in the regulation of the gut microbiome, and we found some that are,» says senior author Ruth Ley, an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology at Cornell University and the study's senior author.