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Microdermics closes $1 Million funding to replace hypodermic needles
Microdermics has completed its $1 million financing round, which was oversubscribed and received robust global interest.
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Antibiotics weaken Alzheimer’s disease progression
21 July 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
Antibiotic treatment decreases levels of disease-causing plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study by neuroscientists...
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Modulating the microbiome
17 June 2016 | By Caroline Richards, Editor, Drug Target Review
While the negative effects of microorganisms that invade the body are clear, and particularly now we are facing a worrying future without effective antibiotics, the potential for our own colonies of bacteria to improve our health has recently been subjected to much promising research...
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Gut bacteria reverses autism-related social behaviour in mice
16 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers have discovered that the absence of one specific species of gut bacteria causes autism-related social deficits in mice...
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The impact of antibiotic exposure on the infant microbiome
15 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
An analysis of changes in the intestinal microbial population during the first three years of life has revealed some of the impacts of antibiotic exposure...
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Study identifies how altered gut microbiota causes obesity
8 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
In a new study, a Yale-led team of researchers has identified how an altered gut microbiota causes obesity...
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HuMiX – the new human microbiome research tool
11 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Scientists have proven that a model of the human gut - HuMiX - is representative of the actual conditions and processes that occur within our intestines...
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Evidence that gut microbes can influence brain inflammation
9 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
New research suggests that gut microbes may remotely influence the activity of cells in the brain that are involved in inflammation and neurodegeneration...
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Harnessing bugs as drugs: understanding the microbiome
4 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Researchers have developed a process to grow the majority of bacteria from the gut, which will enable scientists to understand more about our microbiome...
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Commense advances childhood health microbiome platform
31 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Commense has advanced its development platform, named its founding scientists and advisors, and executed an exclusive license in the microbiome field...
