BioGaia and University of Gothenburg reach an important milestone towards next-generation probiotics
In a paper published in the journal Nature, a team of researchers from the University of Gothenburg and MetaboGen, a fully owned subsidiary of BioGaia, report a novel method to overcome oxygen sensitivity to beneficial resident bacteria in the human gut, which are significantly reduced in metabolic conditions and cardiovascular disease.The gut microbiota, the trillions of microbes (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, etc.) living in our intestines, is important to digest our food, eliminate toxins, activate, and educate the immune system. In recent years, the scientific community has