Our current food system relies on unsustainable practices, which often fail to provide healthy
diets to a growing population. Therefore, there is an urgent demand for new sustainable …

Allergies, including asthma, food allergy and atopic dermatitis, are increasing in prevalence,
particularly in westernized countries. Although a detailed mechanistic explanation for this …

The human gut microbiota is engaged in multiple interactions affecting host health during
the host's entire life span. Microbes colonize the neonatal gut immediately following birth …

Lactobacillus reuteri (L. reuteri) is a well-studied probiotic bacterium that can colonize a
large number of mammals. In humans, L. reuteri is found in different body sites, including the …

Recent studies have characterized how host genetics, prenatal environment and delivery
mode can shape the newborn microbiome at birth. Following this, postnatal factors, such as …

The past two decades have witnessed a global surge in the application of probiotics as
functional ingredients in food, animal feed, and pharmaceutical products. Among food …

Linear growth failure is the most common form of undernutrition globally. With an estimated
165 million children below 5 years of age affected, stunting has been identified as a major …

Probiotics have become a popular approach for managing digestive and immune health and
are being recommended more frequently as effective therapeutic interventions by medical …

Trillions of microbes reside in the human body and participate in multiple physiological and
pathophysiological processes that affect host health throughout the life cycle. The …

The mutual relationship between the intestinal microbiota and its mammalian host is
influenced by diet. Consumption of various nutrients affects the structure of the microbial …