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Expert Panel at ISAPP Annual Meeting Addresses Probiotic Use for Premature Infants
The use of probiotics in premature infants has been highly topical in recent months. Probiotic use for the prevention of… -
Should everyone take a probiotic? Assessment of evidence of probiotics for healthy people
By Prof. Daniel Merenstein MD and Dr. Mary Ellen Sanders PhD During the ISAPP 2024 meeting, an article titled, “Is… -
Should bacteriophages be considered as a member of the biotic family?
By Prof. Colin Hill PhD DSc, University College Cork, Ireland ISAPP has provided consensus definitions for a number of biotics… -
2023 in Review: Highlights in the Field of Biotic Science
By Kristina Campbell, Prof. Colin Hill PhD, Prof. Sarah Lebeer PhD, Prof. Maria Marco PhD, Prof. Dan Merenstein MD, Prof…. -
Statistical considerations for the design of randomized, controlled trials for probiotics and prebiotics
By Prof. Daniel Tancredi, UC Davis, USA The best evidence for the efficacy of probiotics or prebiotics generally comes from… -
Why responders and non-responders may not be the holy grail for biotics
In September the New York Times published an article titled “What Obesity Drugs and Antidepressants Have in Common“. It was… -
Microbiota from a surprising source—baby kangaroos—might decrease cattle methane production
By Prof. Seppo Salminen, University of Turku, Finland One of the major contributors to greenhouse gas production is the final… -
Episode 27: Investigating the benefits of live dietary microbes
[powerpress] The Science, Microbes & Health Podcast This podcast covers emerging topics and challenges in the science of probiotics,… -
Postbiotics: debate continues and the ISAPP definition gains support
By Dr. Gabriel Vinderola PhD, Instituto de Lactología Industrial (CONICET-UNL), Santa Fe, Argentina The publication of a new definition for… -
Why researchers need to understand more about the small intestinal microbiome
By Prof. Eamonn M. M. Quigley, MD, The Methodist Hospital and Weill Cornell School of Medicine, and Prof. Purna Kashyap,…