Microbiome research company Clinical Microbiomics has acquired MS-Omics, a leading provider based in Denmark. With this acquisition, Clinical Microbiomics hopes to further advance its systems biology platform and help researchers worldwide understand the microbiome and how to impact health and disease. Anders Grøn, CEO at Clinical Microbiomics, commented: “There is… Read More
Danish microbiome research company Clinical Microbiomics has received a €10 million investment from ‘Health for Life Capital II’, managed by Seventure Partners. Microbiome venture capitalists Seventure Partners have backed growth companies in the microbiome field with funding through ‘Health for Life I’ and ‘Health for Life II’ since 2013. Microbiome… Read More
A new clinical trial, led by the University of Glasgow and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC), hopes to improve treatment options for patients with Crohn’s disease. The BIOPIC (BIOlogics and Partial enteral nutrition In adults with active ileocolonic Crohn’s disease) study, which is in collaboration with hospitals… Read More
UMC Utrecht and its partners have received a research grant to unravel how the intestinal microbiota can be exploited to boost cancer immunotherapy and limit therapy side-effects. Close to €800,000 was awarded by Health~Holland to a public-private partnership between UMC Utrecht, Artizan Biosciences, Inc. (USA)… Read More
Scottish scientists are teaming up with researchers from Zambia to find new ways to diagnose and treat a condition which affects millions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ms Kanekwa Zyambo, from the University of Zambia, is spending two weeks at the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre in East Kilbride to… Read More
From immunity to metabolism to mental health, it seems like the gut microbiome has been linked to every aspect of human health and disease. But with hundreds of bacterial species populating our gastrointestinal tract, it’s a daunting task to pinpoint which molecules made by which bacteria affect which biological processes—and… Read More
