No Guts, No Glory: How Microbiome Research is Changing Medicine
Scientists are uncovering many ways that the microorganisms that share our body can influence our…
January 22, 2019 - 10 minutes
Microbiome: An Emerging Field with Growing Investments
The potential of the microbiome to be used for the development of promising therapeutics and diagnostic approaches has spurred a hype around this emerging field. Over the last decade, researchers have found correlations between the human microbiome and a number of diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, cancer, depression, and many more. As the number of clinical trials grows, investor interest is increasing.
Read on to find out more about the flourishing microbiome field and how it shows promise for the treatment of a large variety of diseases.
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Beyond the Gut: An Atlas of the Human Microbiome
This report discusses the role of the gut and blood microbiomes in different diseases and how they can be used for biomarker discovery and for the development of therapeutics.
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Gut Bacteria Could Combat Obesity and Depression
A five-year microbiome project, funded by the EU, has linked the presence of specific strains…
December 18, 2018 - 3 minutes
Janssen Recruits Microbiome Company to Fight Inflammatory Bowel Disease
The Israeli biotech BiomX has teamed up with Janssen to use its microbiome technology in…
December 13, 2018 - 2 minutes
Microbiome Therapy Shows Early Promise in Cancer Patients
A clinical trial run by MaaT Pharma has shown that restoring the microbiome of patients…
December 4, 2018 - 3 minutes
5 Challenges to Unlocking the Real Potential of the Human Microbiome
The study of the human microbiome -- the microorganisms living in our body -- is…
November 21, 2018 - 9 minutes
Gut Bacteria Treatment Shows Promise for Rare Genetic Kidney Condition
The Swedish biotech Oxthera reported positive preliminary Phase II results using its gut bacteria treatment,…
November 2, 2018 - 2 minutes
UK Microbiome Company Gets Financial Boost for Live Bacterial Therapy
UK-based Microbiotica has received a £4M investment from Seventure’s fund dedicated to investments in the…
October 24, 2018 - 2 minutes
Microbiome Biotech Enterome Signs Deal With Takeda Worth up to €600M
The French biotech Enterome and Takeda are teaming up to fight Crohn’s disease, with a…
October 23, 2018 - 2 minutes
Patenting Therapies in the Microbiome Field
In recent years, our understanding of the human microbiome has reached an exciting momentum. It…
October 17, 2018 - 7 minutes
Using the Skin Microbiome to Treat Acne
The microbes living on our skin can play an important role in skin conditions such…
October 16, 2018 - 4 minutes
Microsoft Signs its First Microbiome Partnership
Microsoft Genomics will work with Cambridge-based Eagle Genomics to scale up its artificial intelligence platform…
October 15, 2018 - 2 minutes
Update: Series A Boost Pushes Belgian Microbiome Spin-Off Forward
Update (27/09/2018): New investment from Dutch venture capital fund Innovation Industries brings A-Mansia's Series A…
September 27, 2018 - 2 minutes
