gut microbiome

December 5, 2017December 5, 2017

FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status to Seres for Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Therapy

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Seres Therapeutics has secured an orphan drug designation (ODD) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for SER-287, its therapy to treat ulcerative colitis in children. ODD offers companies incentives ... Read more

November 30, 2017November 30, 2017

Mothers Exposed to Antibiotics Increase the Risk of IBD in Offspring, Mouse Study Shows

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Mothers exposed to antibiotics during pregnancy may increase their child’s risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) later in life, said researchers at New York’s NYU Langone Health. Their study, “Intergenerational transfer of ... Read more

October 31, 2017

Enterome’s Investigational EB8018 for Crohn’s is Found Safe in Phase 1 Trial

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Enterome Bioscience’s EB8018, a potential new therapy for Crohn’s disease, was well-tolerated by healthy volunteers in a Phase 1 clinical trial. EB8018 targets the gut microbiome (the gut includes the ... Read more

October 6, 2017October 6, 2017

Fungi and Bacteria Could Be Targeted Together to Treat IBD, Study Suggests

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Bacteria and fungi appear to work together to exacerbate certain symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s disease, a new review highlights. The study, “The mycobiome: Role in health ... Read more

August 3, 2017August 18, 2017

University of Arizona Obtains $1.9 Million U.S. Government Grant To Study Key Protein’s Role in Bowel Disease

Crohn's Disease, News

University of Arizona scientists have received a $1.9 million U.S. government grant to study how a protein helps maintain a healthy mix of gut bacteria, and how interfering with the ... Read more

July 28, 2017August 18, 2017

People Living in a Rural Area Less Likely to Develop Bowel Disease, Study Finds

Crohn's Disease, News

Living in a rural area decreases a person’s risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease, particularly for children and teenagers, a Canadian study reports. The findings are of particular interest to Canada ... Read more

July 17, 2017August 29, 2017

Enterome, Nestlé Health Science Launch Microbiome Diagnostics Partners to Develop New IBD Treatments

Crohn's Disease, News

France’s Enterome and Switzerland’s Nestlé Health Science have jointly established Microbiome Diagnostics Partners (MDP), a new company created to discover and develop innovative diagnostics for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), liver disease and other illnesses. The ... Read more

March 28, 2017March 28, 2017

Neurological Symptoms of Gulf War Illness Linked to Intestinal Disturbances, Study Suggests

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Gulf War Illness (GWI) has many symptoms, and now a link between changes in the gut microbiome (bacteria living in the intestines) and neuroinflammation (inflammation of the brain) has been identified, ... Read more

February 16, 2017

IBD Patients’ Gut Microbiome Suffers Huge Shifts Throughout Disease Course, Study Shows

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The gut microbiome of people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) fluctuates more compared to those of healthy individuals. These findings suggest that therapies targeting some of these alterations within the ... Read more

January 24, 2017January 24, 2017

HOST Therabiomics Wants to Develop Dietary Compound into Bowel-disease Treatment

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HOST Therabiomics hopes to develop the dietary compound HOST-G904, which improved the composition of gut bacteria without increasing gas, into a treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and other ... Read more