gut microbiota

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  • Modeling the nutrient niche to boost biotic consistency and efficacy
    Two recent studies used advanced computational approaches to conclude that nutrients are among the most important determinants of an intestinal microbial community’s response to challenges.

  • Emerging clinical insights into C. difficile infection from gut microbiota research
    In recent years the clinical status and spectrum of C. difficile infection have shifted. The prevalence of this infection has risen sharply. Along with changes that have occurred in the clinical patterns of this disorder, research on the gut microbiome has provided insights into the important factors that contribute to the infection.

  • Children and dogs in a household share gut microbes – and these microbes are modified by a canine probiotic
    From longtime family pets to ‘pandemic puppies’, dog ownership is seemingly more popular than ever. In households with children, scientists…

  • ISAPP’s 2019 annual meeting in Antwerp, Belgium: Directions in probiotic & prebiotic innovation
    We live in a time when a simple Google search for ‘probiotics’ produces over 56.8 million hits; a time when…

  • Importance of understanding probiotic mechanisms of action
    By Prof. Sarah Lebeer, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium At present, we do not fully understand the mechanistic basis of many well…

  • YOGURITO –the Argentinian social program with a special yogurt
    Dra. María Pía Taranto, CERELA-CONICET, Argentina and Prof. Seppo Salminen PhD, University of Turku, Finland It is widely accepted that…

  • Where does our food come from – why should we care?
    Dr. Karen Scott, The Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen,  Scotland The food we eat feeds our microbes, gives us energy…

  • ISAPP Goes to India
    By Mary Ellen Sanders PhD and Dan Merenstein MD ISAPP sent two key-note speakers to the Probiotics Association of India…

  • ISAPP Digs Deeper into Evidence on Probiotics for Colic with New Meta-Analysis
    January 3, 2018. Evidence exists for gut microbiota differences between infants with and without colic, with one probiotic strain of…