microbiome-targeted-drugs Videos
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As humans, we live and draw resources from communities of people. Interestingly, our bodies also house their own complex communities of human cells and microorganisms that work together. In fact, our bodies are made up of more bacterial cells than human cells! All of the microorganisms that live in and on our bodies compose the microbiome, including bacteria, fungi, and viruses... Our intestine ...
Aug. 25, 2021
ByEnterome
Symberix, an early-stage spin-out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, aims to improve human health by pioneering the development of symbiotic drugs that work by controlling bacteria without killing ...
Aug. 25, 2021
(For US Audiences) This 4:10 video explains the importance of the human gut microbiota and how its trillions of microorganisms may influence our daily health and fight diseases. Disturbances in the gut microbiota, known as dysbiosis, has been linked to affecting 4 million people and costing over 12 billion dollars in the United States alone. We seek to understand the connection between the ...
Aug. 25, 2021
The gut microbiome is a key element in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). In IBD, the immune system drives a dysregulated response against the microbiome and induces chronic ...
Aug. 25, 2021
ByEnterome