Nestlé International Nutrition Symposium (NINS) 2014

Gut Microbes and Their Role in Malnutrition and Obesity

The gut microbiota consists of the majority of cells (100 trillion, versus 10 trillion human cells) and genes (8 million…

Gut Microbial Richness Impacts Human Health

Exploration of the human microbiome can now be conducted by massive DNA sequencing. An approach we name quantitative…

N-of-1 Clinical Studies, the Microbiome and Individualized Nutrition

A great deal of recent attention has been given to the concepts of 'personalized' or 'individualized' medicine and…

Relationship of Diet to Gut Microbiota Diversity, Stability and Health in Older People

In a baseline analysis of the faecal microbiota composition of 161 older persons, we previously reported a core…

Interactions Between Gut Microbiota, Host Genetics and Diet

The gut microbiota has been linked with chronic diseases in humans such as obesity and diabetes. However, the…

Pediatric Intervention - What Works and What Doesn't Work

Although causality remains to be confirmed, current evidence supports the view that the gut microbiota play a role in…

Mechanisms of Cross Talk in the Gut: The Beginning of a Fascinating Story

The gastro-intestinal tract of mammals corresponds to a complex and fascinating ecosystem, which in healthy conditions…

Cross-Talk Between the Mucosal Immune System and Environmental Factors

The surface barrier system, including both mucosa and skin, is continuously exposed to infinite beneficial and harmful…

The Gut Microbiome -Facts and Figures

The Gut Metagenome - Your Other Genome

The gut flora, as an important organ, was illustrated to play a significant role in human health. Deciphering the gut…

Molecular Understanding of Host Microbiota Interplay in the Gut and its Role in Glucose Metabolism - Impact of Infant Microbiota?

The human gut is inhabited with trillions of bacteria, gut microbiota, that have co-evolved with us and affect our…

Fecal Transplant to Mine for Novel Probiotics

Alterations in (small) intestinal microbiota are associated with obesity and insulin resistance, with the latter usually…

Microbes Inside: From Structure to Function

Since early life, microbes dominate our body in numbers. In the intestinal tract they constitute the largest microbial…

The microbiome - personalized nutrition for better health

In this presentation Nicholas Schork explains that diet could change the microbiome in a way that leads to health…