Pr De Simone’s Blog, a Pioneer of the Gut Microbiota

Pr De Simone’s Blog, a Pioneer of the Gut Microbiota

Does the treatment of obesity and diabetes go through the intestine? 1

In this paper from Harvard, the group led by Ronald Kahn wondered why obesity and diabetes were associated with increased rates of anxiety and depression, suspecting intestinal function involvement. To understand the relationship between the gut microbiome and brain insulin resistance in these disorders, Kahn's study evaluated behaviors and insulin action [...]

GFNG 2017: A growing interest for the intestinal microbiota

Following the French Group of Neuro-Gastroenterology meeting which took place in Nantes on June 22nd and 23rd, I am pleased to see that researchers, clinicians and gastroenterologists have an increasing interest in the intestinal microbiota, whose mechanisms on gastrointestinal pathologies and other health problems are currently being assessed. GFNG main theme of [...]