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A microbiome-directed food developed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is now being evaluated in major randomized controlled trials. The food is designed to nurture beneficial gut microbes and treat childhood malnutrition.
A new study led by Washington University School of Medicine and the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh, shows that a standard milk-based therapy plus treatment with a specific strain of gut bacteria reduces gut inflammation and promotes weight gain in infants with severe acute malnutrition.
A new type of therapeutic food specifically designed to repair the gut microbiomes of malnourished children is superior to standard therapy in promoting growth, according to a clinical trial conducted in Bangladesh. Researchers designed the study to supplement the diet of malnourished children with a formulation that contains locally available, culturally acceptable foods selected based on the ability of the ingredients to boost key growth-promoting gut microbes. The work supports the notion that healthy growth of infants and children is closely linked to healthy development of their gut micr...
New food is designed to nurture healthy gut microbes A new study shows that a therapeutic food designed to repair the gut microbiomes of malnourished children is better than standard therapy in supporting their growth. The research, published online April 7, 2021, in The New England Journal of Medicine, was a collaboration between Washington University School of Medicine and the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where the clinical trial was conducted. Pictured, a mother feeds her child one of the therapeutic foods as part of the clinical trial. (Photo:...