September 20, 2018 By Mary Ellen Sanders, PhD, Executive Science Officer, ISAPP On September 16, 2018, the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) collaborated on the organization of a public workshop on “Science and Regulation of Live Microbiome-based Products Used […]
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At the ISAPP meeting in Turku, Finland in 2016, scientists convened a working group led by Dan Merenstein of Georgetown University (USA) along with Irene Lenoir-Wijnkoop of University of Utrecht (the Netherlands) and Danone Research. In their discussions, the group identified a gap in the literature: a systematic review of randomized, controlled trials to determine […]
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By ISAPP Board of Directors, plus Prof. Francisco Guarner and Dr. Bruno Pot September 10, 2018 Two recent papers have generated much adverse publicity for the probiotic field. Headlines driven by sensationalism, not data, claim “Probiotics labelled ‘quite useless’” (BBC) and “Probiotics ‘not as beneficial for gut health as previously thought’” (The Guardian). The quotes […]
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By Prof. Sarah Lebeer, Universiteit Antwerpen Spontaneous vegetable fermentations, with their rich flavors and potential health benefits, are regaining popularity among chefs and the general public. Famous Michelin star chefs, such as Belgium’s Kobe Desramaults, have implemented fermented vegetables in their recipes and offer fermented vegetable juices as non-alcoholic alternatives to wine. Serendipity was surely […]
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Mary Ellen Sanders PhD, Executive Science Officer, International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics Bruno Pot PhD, Research Group of Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium See here for ISAPP letter to the Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology editor regarding this paper. See […]
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FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) is convening a public workshop Sept 17 in Rockville MD on the Science & Regulation of Live Microbiome-Based Products Used to Prevent, Treat, or Cure Diseases in Humans. It is now open for registration (free). See here for the program and here for additional info. The evidence […]
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By Prof. Colin Hill, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Food for Health Ireland, University College Cork In this months’ issue of The Biochemist (August 2018) I explored the concept of whether or not there could be a health benefit to ingesting large numbers of safe microbes in our diet (see the open access article here). This was […]
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ISAPP, working with the British publication Nutrition Bulletin, published an open access paper on “Human Use of Probiotics”. The paper provides an overview of probiotics in the 21st Century, summarizes health conditions where actionable evidence on probiotic use exists, considers fermented food in the context of probiotics, and provides some regulatory and marketplace perspective. “Most […]
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The meeting report for the Annual Meeting June 5-7th 2018 ISAPP in Singapore is now available, featuring overviews of the speakers and discussion group conclusions. Two days of plenary talks focused on the latest science featuring prebiotic and probiotic use in: pediatrics, oral health, allergy immunotherapy, the gut microbiome throughout life, synbiotics, liver disease, honey bee […]
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Dr. Mary Ellen Sanders presented a webinar July 23, 2018 – covering basic definitions of microbiota-mediated terminology – to the ILSI-North America Gut Microbiome Committee, which you can listen to here. The objective was to update the committee about terms with clear and actionable consensus definitions in the microbiome space. ISAPP is committed to proper […]
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FDA/NIH Public Workshop on Science and Regulation of Live Microbiome-based Products: No Headway on Regulatory Issues
/in featured, ISAPP Science Blog /by Mary Ellen SandersSeptember 20, 2018 By Mary Ellen Sanders, PhD, Executive Science Officer, ISAPP On September 16, 2018, the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) collaborated on the organization of a public workshop on “Science and Regulation of Live Microbiome-based Products Used […]
ISAPP-initiated systematic review and meta-analysis shows the association of probiotic consumption with reduced antibiotic prescriptions
/in featured, ISAPP Science Blog, News /by Mary Ellen SandersAt the ISAPP meeting in Turku, Finland in 2016, scientists convened a working group led by Dan Merenstein of Georgetown University (USA) along with Irene Lenoir-Wijnkoop of University of Utrecht (the Netherlands) and Danone Research. In their discussions, the group identified a gap in the literature: a systematic review of randomized, controlled trials to determine […]
Clinical evidence and not microbiota outcomes drive value of probiotics
/in featured, News /by Mary Ellen SandersBy ISAPP Board of Directors, plus Prof. Francisco Guarner and Dr. Bruno Pot September 10, 2018 Two recent papers have generated much adverse publicity for the probiotic field. Headlines driven by sensationalism, not data, claim “Probiotics labelled ‘quite useless’” (BBC) and “Probiotics ‘not as beneficial for gut health as previously thought’” (The Guardian). The quotes […]
Role of citizen science in research on fermented foods
/in featured, ISAPP Science Blog /by Mary Ellen SandersBy Prof. Sarah Lebeer, Universiteit Antwerpen Spontaneous vegetable fermentations, with their rich flavors and potential health benefits, are regaining popularity among chefs and the general public. Famous Michelin star chefs, such as Belgium’s Kobe Desramaults, have implemented fermented vegetables in their recipes and offer fermented vegetable juices as non-alcoholic alternatives to wine. Serendipity was surely […]
‘Brain fogginess’ and D-lactic acidosis: probiotics are not the cause
/in featured, News /by Mary Ellen SandersMary Ellen Sanders PhD, Executive Science Officer, International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics Bruno Pot PhD, Research Group of Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium See here for ISAPP letter to the Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology editor regarding this paper. See […]
CBER to hold public workshop on regulation of biologics
/in featured, News /by Mary Ellen SandersFDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) is convening a public workshop Sept 17 in Rockville MD on the Science & Regulation of Live Microbiome-Based Products Used to Prevent, Treat, or Cure Diseases in Humans. It is now open for registration (free). See here for the program and here for additional info. The evidence […]
Recommended daily allowance (RDA) for microbes?
/in Consumer Blog, featured, ISAPP Science Blog /by Mary Ellen SandersBy Prof. Colin Hill, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Food for Health Ireland, University College Cork In this months’ issue of The Biochemist (August 2018) I explored the concept of whether or not there could be a health benefit to ingesting large numbers of safe microbes in our diet (see the open access article here). This was […]
ISAPP publishes new paper on “Human Use of Probiotics”
/in featured, News /by Mary Ellen SandersISAPP, working with the British publication Nutrition Bulletin, published an open access paper on “Human Use of Probiotics”. The paper provides an overview of probiotics in the 21st Century, summarizes health conditions where actionable evidence on probiotic use exists, considers fermented food in the context of probiotics, and provides some regulatory and marketplace perspective. “Most […]
2018 Annual Meeting Report Now Available
/in featured, News /by Mary Ellen SandersThe meeting report for the Annual Meeting June 5-7th 2018 ISAPP in Singapore is now available, featuring overviews of the speakers and discussion group conclusions. Two days of plenary talks focused on the latest science featuring prebiotic and probiotic use in: pediatrics, oral health, allergy immunotherapy, the gut microbiome throughout life, synbiotics, liver disease, honey bee […]
ISAPP conducts webinar on definitions in microbiome space for ILSI-North America Gut Microbiome Committee
/in featured, News /by Mary Ellen SandersDr. Mary Ellen Sanders presented a webinar July 23, 2018 – covering basic definitions of microbiota-mediated terminology – to the ILSI-North America Gut Microbiome Committee, which you can listen to here. The objective was to update the committee about terms with clear and actionable consensus definitions in the microbiome space. ISAPP is committed to proper […]