Microbiome

[ARTICLE] Microbiome Analysis: 16S Metabarcoding or Shotgun Metagenomics?

To date, Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) techniques remain the most commonly used methodologies for studying the microbiome, a major subject of scientific research in recent years. Among the thousands of articles published each year (illustration 1), two main...

[ARTICLE] Skin-to-skin contact: an effective anti-stress strategy that also favourably impacts the gut microbiota

Birth is an intensely stressful event for both the baby and the mother. Stress hormones help the baby adapt to the new, cold, dry, and oxygen-rich environment outside the womb. However, excessive stress can be harmful. Fortunately, the body has anti-stress mechanisms...

Make clinical data reviews more efficient with the interactive visualisation of Patient Profiles

From context to implementation of idea An important step in any clinical trial is the blind data review. This process takes place between the end of the study (when the data are collected, input, and validated) and the breaking of the blind and final data lock, after...

How does our platform AnonyMine solve the problem of Data Anonymisation?

Would you like to reuse data for other studies, communicate on internal research, or just publish sensitive data? By becoming GDPR-compliant, our anonymisation platform AnonyMine, specialized in high-dimensional data such as clinical and microbiome, gives a second...

[ARTICLE] Vaginal seeding: a natural supplementation for newborns?

Jun 16, 2023 | Microbiome

In some maternity wards, babies delivered by caesarean (C)-section undergo a strange practice, called « Vaginal...

[ARTICLE] – How is microbiota involved in childhood mental illnesses such as ADHD and ASD?

Apr 7, 2023 | Health, Microbiome

There is growing evidence that the gut and the brain are linked. First observation: mental illnesses are commonly...

[ARTICLE] Microbes in semen…

Nov 2, 2022 | Microbiome

It is quite well-known nowadays that our body cavities such as the gut, mouth, nose, lungs, vagina, or our skin...

[ARTICLE] Microbes in semen…

by Administrateur Biofortis | Nov 2, 2022 | Microbiome

It is quite well-known nowadays that our body cavities such as the gut, mouth, nose, lungs, vagina, or our skin surface, shelter millions of micro-organisms: these communities are called microbiomes. In recent years, more confidential microbiomes have been described:...

[ARTICLE] Diet supplementation with the probiotic Saccharomyces cerevisiae helps alleviate abdominal pain of IBS patients.

by Administrateur Biofortis | Jun 28, 2022 | Microbiome

IBS is a 3-letter acronym that strongly impacts the lives of millions of people worldwide. It stands for irritable bowel syndrome, a complex condition that exhibits various forms, depending on the predominant stool pattern: diarrhea, constipation, mixed or...

[INFOGRAPHIC] Microbiome & Chocolate

by Administrateur Biofortis | Apr 19, 2022 | Microbiome

After a long Easter weekend filled with chocolate, it’s time to offer you an infographic on the impact of chocolate on the human microbiome. A digest of different articles on cocoa is the best way to understand the link between chocolate and microbiome, you will find...

[INFOGRAPHIC] Microbiome & Christmas

by Administrateur Biofortis | Dec 16, 2021 | Microbiome

Microbiome & ChristmasDid you know microbiomes are everywhere? Without exception, microbiomes follow us even during the holidays. As a gift this year, Biofortis offers you this new infographic about “Microbiome & Christmas” which talks about roots of...

[INFOGRAPHIC] What about our skin flora?

by Administrateur Biofortis | Sep 8, 2021 | Microbiome

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[ARTICLE] Why and how do we annotate a genome?

by Administrateur Biofortis | Aug 24, 2021 | Microbiome

The genetic code A, T, G, C: These four letters do not look like much, but they are the alphabet of life. They represent respectively four molecules (bases) Adenosine, Thymine, Guanine and Cytosine, which compose the DNA in the form of nucleotides (base + sugar +...