Probiotics have been considered as an economical and safe alternative for the treatment of
a large number of chronic diseases and improvement of human health. They are known to …

Recent studies have suggested that the intestinal microbiome plays an important role in
modulating risk of several chronic diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, obesity …

Levels of inflammatory mediators in circulation are known to increase with age, but the
underlying cause of this age-associated inflammation is debated. We find that, when …

Consuming fermented foods has been reported to result in improvements in a range of
health parameters. These positive effects can be exerted by a combination of the live …

Gut bacteria are an important component of the microbiota ecosystem in the human gut,
which is colonized by 10 14 microbes, ten times more than the human cells. Gut bacteria …

Dietary fiber is a group of heterogeneous substances that are neither digested nor absorbed
in the small intestine. Some fibers can be classified as prebiotics if they are metabolized by …

The success of antiretroviral therapy has led some people to now ask whether the end of
AIDS is possible. For patients who are motivated to take therapy and who have access to …

Few treatments for human diseases have received as much investigation in the past 20
years as probiotics. In 2017, English‐language meta‐analyses totaling 52 studies …

Combination antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection improves immune function and
eliminates the risk of AIDS-related complications but does not restore full health. HIV …

Background. Despite effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), patients with chronic human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have increased microbial translocation and systemic …