The human gut microbiome plays a crucial role in human health and disease. Its influence has been increasingly linked to the onset and progression of various conditions such as colorectal cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease. Identifying specific microbial taxa …
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In the development of new products for human health, there are both opportunities and challenges. Infant Health is an important focus because microbiome dysbiosis results in poorer health outcomes later in life. How can genomics help us shape the infant …
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You are an investigator and have just arrived at the scene of a burglary. There’s a broken window, and expensive jewellery is missing. But look carefully and there are other clues: subtle footprints marking the route the burglars took, the …
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Whether it is Salmonella in your chicken sandwich, Listeria in your favourite cheese, or Aspergillus on your fruits, unwanted microbes in the food production chain are a danger to human health, and are costly to monitor for the food industry. …
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Ever since the World Health Organisation declared the COVID-19 pandemic to be a “public health emergency of international concern” in January 2020 (1), the lives of billions of people have been affected as the novel coronavirus spread across the world …
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On March 19th, 2021 BaseClear has organised an online experts meeting on Human Microbiome & Applications in Therapies. With 100+ attendees, this public event was successfully organised in 2 sessions: morning session dedicated to explore “Human Microbiome & links to …
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The first one thousand days in an infant’s life sets the stage for lifelong health and development. Colonisation of the infant digestive system with microbes is crucial for normal immune system development, and may affect health later in life. BaseClear …
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Personal microbiome test kits give consumers fascinating insights when they explore their gut microbiota. MyMicroZoo is a biotechnology company located in Leiden Bio Science Park in The Netherlands that offers consumers an unique opportunity to examine their gut bacteria. Established …
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On 24 September 2020, it was BaseClear’s 3rd Human Microbiome Experts Meeting with discussing the association of microbiome to health & disease. It was an open event with 60 participants, chaired by Dr. Radhika Bongoni and Dr. Derek Butler. The …
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Based on number of factors including study design and budgets, you need to decide the approach to use in human microbiome studies. Often this choice is between the low-cost microbial profiling (amplicon/16S sequencing) and the high-cost approach of complete metagenome …
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The first 1000 days is an important period for a child’s development and for the development of the child’s microbiome. The role of nutrition is significant in that process, explains Dr. Maciej Chichlowski of Reckitt Benckiser in an interview with …
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On May 14th 2020, BaseClear organised the 1st Infant & Pregnancy Microbiome Experts Meeting, which was attended by 55 participants from 30 companies, with a nice blend of 70-30 commercial-academia profiles. The online event was open for public after registrations …
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