Littermate wanted: standardizing mouse gut microbiota requires more than cohousing

Gut Microbiota and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Medical Journals and Social Media: More Alike Than Wanted?

The information age is a blessing and a curse at the same time. All of the world’s knowledge is now accessible on a smartphone but with that comes information overload and the inability to prioritize digestion of information. While social media broadcasts the private lives of billions around the globe, professional lives are affected likewise. Social media offers a platform to spread knowledge ...

Making integration work requires more than goodwill.

Over the past three years I have had the opportunity to be involved in two integration projects regarding cancer services. Both projects crossed jurisdictional, geographical and healthcare-provider boundaries and used cooperation and collaboration to work toward the goal of an integrated, quality, multi-disciplinary, seamless, patient-centred approach to cancer care. The projects have provided ...

Psychobiotics and Brain-Gut Microbiota Axis

Fermented foods containing probiotic bacteria have been used for many years to improve the health or treatment of some diseases. Nowadays, the Therapeutic properties of probiotics are becoming more and more obvious to everyone, insofar as in recent years, more attention has been paid to the potential relation between gut microbiota and mental health. Several studies have shown that intestinal m...

Impact of the Gut Microbiota on Vaccine Responses

Non-responsiveness or poor responsiveness to vaccines are challenging issues in vaccine development, and efforts have been made to find out the potential reasons for these conditions. Intestinal microbiome plays a key role in regulating and development of immune system and the composition and diversity of microbiota in different individuals on the one hand, and the imbalance of intestinal micro...