The APC Microbiome Ireland is to head up a €1.2m (£1.12m) collaboration of research institutions looking into the influence of exercise on gut microbiota and brain health in middle age.
The University College Cork (UCC) reveals details of SeqBiome, a new spinout company offering sequencing and microbiome analysis for industry and academia.
DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences and APC Microbiome Ireland further strengthen their existing partnership with a new collaborative project looking into rebalancing babies’ gut bacteria.
Gut microbiome differences among elite athletes may be due to certain training or exercise types, say researchers, who believe these changes could help identify an optimal gut microbiome for a certain sport.
Bacteria normally found in babies’ gut can prevent or even heal ulcers triggered by aspirin, according to European researchers, who think it could be added to patient diets as a natural supplement.