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Measurements of body compositions: how to see beyond weight
Body composition & weight The Body Mass Index, mostly known as BMI (body weight in kilogram divided by the square...
Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month: Could Alzheimer’s disease also be a gut disease?
In this month of Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness, we wanted to provide some scientific facts for how our gut...
Demonstrating health improvements and building convincing health-claim dossiers through nutritional clinical trials
Dingqiang Li, Ph.D is speaker at Vitafoods Asia, on September 11th (13:30-14:10) Dingqiang Li, Ph.D. is the clinical research project manager at Biofortis Mérieux NutriSciences, China. He leads the team responsible for marketing strategy consultation, scientific...
Bioactive component:The four steps of Bioavailability
Bioavailability is a complex process involving different stages as defined by the 4 steps “LADME”: Liberation, Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Elimination. Regarding the efficacy of oral drugs as for bioactive food components, the bioavailability is the...
Effects of pemetrexed chemotherapy on gut microbiota and digestive inflammation in Patient-Derived Tumor Xenograft (PDX) Models
C. PENSEC, T. CARTON, S. LEUILLET, D. GUENOT, IMODI Consortium, M. CAMPONE, H. BLOTTIERE, F. LE VACON Introduction Despite significant progress in anti-cancer treatment such as immunotherapy, chemotherapy remains a gold standard. Pemetrexed is a chemotherapeutic agent...
Microbiome & Livestock Health
ANIMAL GUT MICROBIOME, A NEW LAND TO EXPLORE For years now, microbiome is getting serious traction in the scientific community with numerous studies and publications. It is now well demonstrated that the complex microbial ecosystem settled in the mammalian...
Probiotics solution for sportsmen and women – Lucie Lingrand (Lallemand Health Solutions)
We recently communicated about Sport & Nutrition with an interview from Fatiha Serbouti. She underlined the relevance of gut health in sport performance and evoked the needs of probiotics in this field. In this line, we publish today an interview about probiotics...
Personalized Nutrition – Interview Nina Vinot (Probiotical)
Last month, Alessandra De Martino & Stéphane Deniau (Biofortis Mérieux NutriSciences) attended to the IPA (International Probiotics Association) World Congress & Probiota 2018 event in Barcelona, Spain. It was a successful event with more than 400...