On today’s Autism Awareness Day, we wished to discuss what the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is and some of the medical, social, economic, and scientific aspects that surround it.
Microbiome
Cranberry consumption: a natural approach for Urinary Tract Infections’ treatment
An article about the effect of Cranberry' consumption for treatment of the Urinary Tract Infection’s (UTIs) was...
Impact of nutrition on brain activity through the gut microbiota: metabolization of the serotonin neurotransmitter.
How can our diet influence our health and especially our brain? Why can we talk about a gut-brain axis? Is the gut...
Microbiome involvement in satiety regulation
In satiety regulation, the balance between anorexigenic (PP, CCK, PYY3-36, incretins, leptin, OXM) and orexigenic (ghrelin, insl5, adiponectin) signals is determinant. A special attention should be attributed to incretins (GLP-1, GIP). Incretins are key gut-derived...
Targeting Microbiota with Hervé Blottière
Biofortis’ scientist experts were attending the 5th World Congress on Targeting Microbiota organised by the International Society of Microbiota. During this two-day conference in Berlin, a lot of oral and poster communications were presented covering many hot topics:...
Exclusive interview: Hervé Affagard
Hervé Affagard CEO – Co-Founder of MaaT Pharma Engineer, Executive MBA, Certificate “Exploring your Microbiome” 1/ What is your professional background? I lead the MaaT Pharma project since its inception phase in December 2013. Previously I worked as an entrepreneur...
Towards standards for human fecal sample processing in metagenomic studies
Authors Paul I Costea, Georg Zeller, Shinichi Sunagawa, Eric Pelletier, Adriana Alberti, Florence Levenez, Melanie Tramontano, Marja Driessen, Rajna Hercog, Ferris-Elias Jung, Jens Roat Kultima, Matthew R Hayward, Luis Pedro Coelho, Emma Allen-Vercoe, Laurie Bertrand,...
Microbiome Newsletter: Human Microbiome Therapeutics
EDITO Marc BONNEVILLE CSO institut Mérieux Dear readers, As the number of studies in the microbiota field increases exponentially, we are now well aware of the profound implications this evolving field could have on our understanding of biological, medical or...
The human microbiome: a foundation for a better life
Our understanding of how the gut microbiota influences our health has increased exponentially in recent years. Once mature, our gut microbiota is relatively stable throughout adulthood. However, factors such as large spectrum antibiotic therapy, large shifts in...