microbiome

Gut Microbiome Might Protect Against Overgrowth of Bad Organisms

The composition of your gut microbiome may help protect against the overgrowth of bad bacteria, but the ...

JANUARY 29, 2025

Microbiota-Based Therapy for the Prevention of Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection:
A Primer on REBYOTA®
(fecal microbiota, live-jslm)

This Special Report outlines the challenges of treating Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) and preventing ...

AUGUST 29, 2023

A New Era for Managing Clostridioides difficile Infection

In the last decade, we have started to understand the critical components of the gut microbiome that prevent C. ...

APRIL 3, 2023

Rebyota Now Available for CDI

Rebyota was approved by the FDA on Nov. 30, 2022, to prevent recurrence of Clostridioides ...

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Personal Reflections About the Microbiome

Personal reflections and insights regarding the microbiome from a pediatrician of over 70 years. 

JULY 28, 2022

Restoring the Full Diversity of the Gut Microbiome: Can It Break the Cycle of Recurrent C. Difficile Infection?

This Special Report provides a general overview of the role of the gut microbiome, the consequences of its ...

MAY 2, 2022

Probiotics May Help Prevent Respiratory Infections in Overweight People

Use of a daily probiotic may protect overweight people from upper respiratory tract infections, according to new ...

MARCH 9, 2022

Bacteria Common in IBD Patients Worsens CDI

Klebsiella pneumoniae enhances the growth of Clostridioides difficile, according to new research. 

MARCH 1, 2022

Decreased Microbiome Diversity After HCT Associated With GVHD, Mortality

A prospective analysis confirms earlier retrospective work showing there is an association between microbiome ...

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Does the Microbiome Affect COVID-19 Infection? Research Effort Hopes to Find Out

Researchers at Rutgers University and Cleveland Clinic are following more than 850 people to see whether their ...

MARCH 10, 2021

5 Questions for Martin J. Blaser, MD

Martin J. Blaser, MD, the director of Rutgers University’s Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, in ...

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Newborns’ Microbiome May Affect Infection Risks, Weight

After birth, infants become colonized by an increasing diversity of gut microbes until a relatively stable state is ...

APRIL 16, 2019

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