by Igen BioLab Group | Oct 4, 2021 | News, Publications
This article, written by Andreu Prados, clarifies the definition and health implications of the closely related terms fiber, MACs and prebiotics. “While we have known for a while that a diet consisting of fiber-rich foods reduces the risk of developing chronic...
by Igen BioLab Group | Aug 18, 2021 | News, Publications
The gut microbiota is well known to exert multiple benefits on human health including protection from disease causing pathobiont microbes. It has been recognized that healthy intestinal microbiota is of great importance in the pathogenesis of COVID-19. Gut dysbiosis...
by Igen BioLab Group | Nov 10, 2020 | News, Publications
The resident microorganisms in the human body, termed the microbiota, represent diverse communities of microbial species comprising a complex ecology of tens of trillions of mainly bacterial cells. Our gut microbiota, the largest and most diverse of these communities,...
by Igen BioLab Group | Sep 16, 2020 | News, Publications
The microbiome is extremely important for human health; more recently its role in the context of cancer became clear. Microbial effects range from enhancing cancer immunity and cancer therapy efficacy, to promoting cancer progression and inhibiting treatment efficacy....
by Igen BioLab Group | Sep 9, 2020 | News, Publications
Exceptionally long-lived people such as supercentenarians tend to spend their entire lives in good health, implying that their immune system remains active to protect against infections and tumors. However, their immunological condition has been largely unexplored. We...
