Author: rgishida

Congratulations Dr. Andrea Verdugo-Meza and Helen Chiang for their publication of the perspective article, “Not quite a cure yet: unlocking the unfulfilled promise of live biotherapeutics for disease treatment”. In this paper, we highlighted the shortcomings of probiotics and live biotherapeutic products (LBPs) when intestinal inflammation is involved. While probiotics and LBPs have the potential for health benefits, the inflamed intestine is a harsh environment for these beneficial microbes to thrive, therefore they must be tailored to tolerate such condition to exert their benefits. Our EcN:ttr (BioPersist^TM) was bio-engineered in our lab to thrive in the inflamed gut and dampen the inflammation.

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Can glyphosate affect the health animals? The short answer is yes, but perhaps not in the way you have imagined. New research from our lab reveals that prenatal exposure to glyphosate—the active ingredient in the common herbicide Roundup—has a lasting impact. In our latest study, we found that the offspring of mice exposed to glyphosate showed significant changes in:

• Gut health including the microbiome
• Metabolism
• Behavioral patterns

While glyphosate has long been considered “safe” for animals, our findings suggest that the effects are most prominent not in those directly exposed, but in their children.

Congratulations to Dr. Jacqueline Barnett on the publication of this vital work!

Read the full study here.