Probiotics

If we want to find unexplored ecosystems, we don’t need to trawl the depths of the ocean or scrutinise soil samples from some terrestrial planet. We simply have to look at our own intestines : more than 100,000 billion bacteria, which together weigh more than the brain , flourish in...

In the race against ageing, it represents an unprecedented advance. A battle won in the age-old war of Man against Mortality. We already knew that antioxidants were invaluable for reducing cellular ageing and preventing degenerative diseases. Now, a study 1 has revealed that intestinal bacteria – particularly certain types –...

If you’re overweight or have developed a paunch, you’re probably suffering from chronic inflammation of your adipose tissue. This is a silent pathological process which sooner or later will become a ticking time bomb, so it makes sense to read up on the latest findings published in the journal Metabolism...

The immune system is a complex network, the role of which is to defend the body against pathogenic germs. It distinguishes between the body's own cells referred to as ‘self’, and foreign cells – called ‘non-self’, by means of a number of immune cells, the best-known of which are white...

Allergies affect between 30% and 40% of the world’s population. They have multiple causes and take various forms such as food allergies, allergic rhinitis, asthma, and atopic dermatitis or eczema. Focusing on atopic dermatitis, a recently-published Japanese study conducted at the University of Chiba has both improved our understanding of...