https://microbiome.news/ Microbiome News reports the latest microbiome research, science and industry news for a scientifically literate reader — sourced reporting on the human microbiome with primary sources, clear caveats, and no hype. en Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:00:19 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/fda-approved-fecal-microbiota-therapies-for-c-difficile https://microbiome.news/posts/fda-approved-fecal-microbiota-therapies-for-c-difficile A new review highlights FDA-approved fecal microbiota therapies that reduce recurrence of C. difficile infection. The review explores clinical trials, safety, and practical considerations. Therapeutics Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/exploring-the-gut-bone-connection-microbiota-s-role-in-fracture-risk https://microbiome.news/posts/exploring-the-gut-bone-connection-microbiota-s-role-in-fracture-risk A new review examines the relationship between gut microbiota and fracture risk, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions to enhance bone and muscle health. Science Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/labor-before-delivery-linked-to-lower-nec-risk-in-vlbw-infants https://microbiome.news/posts/labor-before-delivery-linked-to-lower-nec-risk-in-vlbw-infants A new study explores how labor prior to delivery may influence the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants. Science Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/gut-microbiota-s-role-in-neonatal-jaundice-explored https://microbiome.news/posts/gut-microbiota-s-role-in-neonatal-jaundice-explored A new study investigates the causal relationships between gut microbiota, inflammatory factors, and neonatal jaundice using Mendelian Randomization. Science Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/early-life-stress-alters-gut-microbiome-in-rats-study-finds https://microbiome.news/posts/early-life-stress-alters-gut-microbiome-in-rats-study-finds Research using rat models reveals that early-life stress can cause sex-dependent changes in the gut microbiome during adolescence, highlighting potential pathways for further investigation. Science Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/chenodeoxycholic-acid-s-role-in-tumor-immunity-explored https://microbiome.news/posts/chenodeoxycholic-acid-s-role-in-tumor-immunity-explored A new study investigates how chenodeoxycholic acid influences tumor immunity through dendritic cells and TGR5 signaling, offering insights into potential cancer therapies. Science Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/gut-microbiome-signatures-may-predict-kidney-transplant-rejection https://microbiome.news/posts/gut-microbiome-signatures-may-predict-kidney-transplant-rejection A new study suggests that pre-transplant gut microbiome profiles could help predict early acute rejection in kidney transplant recipients, offering a potential tool for improved risk stratification. Diagnostics Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/heavy-metals-and-cancer-unraveling-molecular-mechanisms https://microbiome.news/posts/heavy-metals-and-cancer-unraveling-molecular-mechanisms A new review explores the complex ways heavy metals contribute to cancer, highlighting molecular interactions and the role of the gut microbiome. Science Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/antibiotic-resistance-in-gut-microbiota-of-pediatric-covid-19-patients https://microbiome.news/posts/antibiotic-resistance-in-gut-microbiota-of-pediatric-covid-19-patients A new study investigates the prevalence of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in the gut microbiota of pediatric COVID-19 patients, highlighting the need for improved infection control measures. Science Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/cam-net-a-new-tool-for-understanding-microbial-communities https://microbiome.news/posts/cam-net-a-new-tool-for-understanding-microbial-communities A new study introduces CAM-Net, a context-aware framework that identifies reliable microbial relationships by considering community-level dependencies. Science Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/reuterin-s-role-in-bone-health-a-new-avenue-for-osteoporosis https://microbiome.news/posts/reuterin-s-role-in-bone-health-a-new-avenue-for-osteoporosis A new study explores how Reuterin, a metabolite from Lactobacillus reuteri, influences bone marrow stem cell differentiation, offering insights into osteoporosis management. Science Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/crab-eating-frog-s-gut-evolution-reveals-marine-adaptation https://microbiome.news/posts/crab-eating-frog-s-gut-evolution-reveals-marine-adaptation A new study explores how the crab-eating frog's digestive system and microbiome have adapted to a chitin-rich diet in marine environments. Science Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/probiotics-show-promise-in-countering-chronic-hypoxia-effects https://microbiome.news/posts/probiotics-show-promise-in-countering-chronic-hypoxia-effects A new study explores how probiotics may mitigate the impact of chronic hypoxia on the gut-brain axis and neuroinflammation in mice. Gut–Brain Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/access-to-gut-microbiota-accessible-foods-key-to-health https://microbiome.news/posts/access-to-gut-microbiota-accessible-foods-key-to-health A new analysis suggests that access to fiber-rich, minimally processed foods may be more critical for public health than reducing the availability of ultra-processed foods. Science Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/probiotic-l-paracasei-shows-promise-in-obesity-management https://microbiome.news/posts/probiotic-l-paracasei-shows-promise-in-obesity-management A new study explores how the probiotic Lacticaseibacillus paracasei affects obesity-related metabolic and inflammatory pathways in mice. Science Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/antibiotics-gut-microbiome-recovery https://microbiome.news/posts/antibiotics-gut-microbiome-recovery A course of antibiotics can wipe out a third of your gut’s diversity in days. Most of it grows back over months — but not all, and the rebuild has its own risks. What the recovery curve actually looks like, with the limits left in. Science Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/parkinsons-disease-gut-origin https://microbiome.news/posts/parkinsons-disease-gut-origin Constipation can precede the tremor by a decade, the brain’s rogue protein turns up in the gut wall first, and removing the vagus nerve seems to lower the risk. The case that Parkinson’s begins below the diaphragm — and the limits of that case. Gut–Brain Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/fiber-wont-fix-everything https://microbiome.news/posts/fiber-wont-fix-everything Dietary fiber has some of the best evidence of any nutrient — and it is routinely oversold. What fiber really is, the types that matter, what the trials actually show, and where “just eat more fiber” stops working. Science Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/psychobiotics-depression-anxiety-evidence https://microbiome.news/posts/psychobiotics-depression-anxiety-evidence The gut–brain axis is real, the mechanisms are plausible, and the marketing has run far ahead of the trials. What the meta-analyses actually find when you ask whether a probiotic can change your mood — and for whom. Gut–Brain Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/16s-vs-shotgun-metagenomics https://microbiome.news/posts/16s-vs-shotgun-metagenomics Two sequencing methods sit behind nearly every gut test on the market, and they don’t read the same book. One tells you roughly who is there; the other reads the genes and what they can do. Why the method determines what your result can mean. Diagnostics Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/what-is-the-microbiome https://microbiome.news/posts/what-is-the-microbiome The cells that aren’t us roughly equal the ones that are. A field guide to the ecosystem riding along inside every human being — and why the science is finally getting precise about it. Science Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/short-chain-fatty-acids https://microbiome.news/posts/short-chain-fatty-acids The fiber you can’t digest doesn’t go to waste. Gut bacteria ferment it into small molecules your gut lining, immune cells and even your brain appear to listen to. Science Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/precision-probiotics https://microbiome.news/posts/precision-probiotics “Live cultures” is becoming a measurable claim. Inside the industry shift from vague probiotics to defined, characterized strains. Industry Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/dtc-microbiome-tests-reproducibility https://microbiome.news/posts/dtc-microbiome-tests-reproducibility A 2026 NIST study found direct-to-consumer microbiome tests so inconsistent that the noise between brands rivaled the real biological difference between people. It lands on a field still haunted by the uBiome fraud collapse. Diagnostics Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/glp1-ozempic-gut-microbiome https://microbiome.news/posts/glp1-ozempic-gut-microbiome GLP-1 is a hormone your gut already makes — and your gut bacteria help trigger it. As GLP-1 drugs reshape medicine, here is the evidence-based map of where the microbiome actually fits, and where the probiotic marketing outruns it. Industry Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/fmt-cancer-immunotherapy https://microbiome.news/posts/fmt-cancer-immunotherapy In the phase 2 FMT-LUMINate trial, pairing a healthy-donor fecal transplant with checkpoint inhibitors pushed response rates to 80% in lung cancer and 75% in melanoma. The twist: the benefit looked less like adding “good” microbes than clearing out the wrong ones. Therapeutics Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/akkermansia-glp1-next-gen-probiotics https://microbiome.news/posts/akkermansia-glp1-next-gen-probiotics One gut bacterium has become the face of “next-generation” probiotics — a defined, characterized strain with human metabolic data and a tantalizing link to the same GLP-1 pathway as the blockbuster weight-loss drugs. Mind the caveats. Industry Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/microbiome-industry-shakeout https://microbiome.news/posts/microbiome-industry-shakeout Between 2022 and 2024 some of the best-funded microbiome drug companies folded or sold off their crown jewels — even as the science hit its FDA milestones. A look at who fell, and why the wellness tier proved more durable. Industry Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/flore-neurodiversity-probiotic-line https://microbiome.news/posts/flore-neurodiversity-probiotic-line In September 2024 the personalized-probiotics company Flore introduced a product line aimed at neurodivergent users, drawing coverage across nutrition trade press. A look at the launch — and the state of the underlying evidence. Industry Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://microbiome.news/posts/flore-personalized-probiotics-profile https://microbiome.news/posts/flore-personalized-probiotics-profile Among the companies wagering that precision beats generic blends, Flore stands out for building formulas from an individual’s own gut sequencing. A neutral look at the model, the reach, and the open questions. Industry Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000