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Category: Asthma and the Microbiome

  • How the microbiome affects asthma: new insights from a Spanish study

    The World Asthma Foundation (WAF). WAF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with asthma through education, research, and advocacy. In this blog post, I want to share with you some exciting findings from a recent study on the microbiome and asthma, published by Spanish researchers in the journal Nutrients. The…

  • Food Dye and Inflamation

    Common food dye can trigger inflammatory processes, say university researchers A recent university study funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research reflects that long-term consumption of Allura Red food dye can be a potential trigger of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) and potentially other inflammatory diseases processes as well. Researchers using experimental animal models of…

  • Asthma and Sustainable Healthcare – Rodney Dietert PhD Interview

    World Asthma Foundation” Defeating Asthma Series Uncovers New Hope for Asthma Management Asthmatics: Our understanding of Asthma and the way we treat it may soon be radically different from what currently exists, due to new research on the human microbiome and how the microbiome affects asthma. Looking at Asthma and Sustainable Healthcare, keeping costs under…

  • Asthma and Environmental Fungi – interview with Marie-Claire Arrieta Ph.D.

    World Asthma Foundation “Defeating Asthma Series uncovers New Hope for Asthma Managementant Our understanding of Asthma and the way we treat it may soon be radically different from what currently exists, due to new research on the human microbiome and how the microbiome affects asthma. In this interview with Marie-Claire Arrieta Ph.D, Assistant Professor Depts.…

  • Asthma and Microbiome Sharing – Rodney Dietert, Phd

    World Asthma Foundation “Defeating Asthma Series uncovers New Hope for Asthma Managementant Asthmatics: Our understanding of Asthma and the way we treat it may soon be radically different from what currently exists, due to new research on the human microbiome and how the microbiome affects asthma. In the sixth in a series of interviews with…

  • Gut and Lung Connection to Asthma – Rodney Dietert, PhD

    In this fifth in a series of interviews with Rodney Dietert PhD, he talks about communication between the gut and lung. Dr. Dietert is Cornell University Professor Emeritus, Health Scientist Head of Translational Science + Education for SEED and the Author of the Human Super-Organism How the Microbiome is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy…

  • Can we replace missing microbes? – Rodney Dietert Ph.D.

    Defeating Asthma Series uncovers New Hope for Asthma Managementant In this fourth in a series of interviews with Rodney Dietert, PhD Cornell University Professor Emeritus, Health Scientist Head of Translational Science + Education for SEED and the Author of the Human Super-Organism How the Microbiome is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life we learn…

  • Can we test for whats in the Microbiome? – Justin L. Sonnenburg PhD

    Defeating Asthma Series uncovers New Hope for Asthma Management In this interview with Justin L. Sonnenburg PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University, we learn about: * Testing for Microbes within the Microbiome * That we’re in the early stages of our understanding of the Microbiome * Research that still needs to…

  • Microbes and Inflammatory Disease Justin L. Sonnenburg PhD

    Defeating Asthma Series uncovers New Hope for Asthma Management In this interview with Justin L. Sonnenburg PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University, we learn diseases largely driven by inflammation and an altered immune system may benefit from taking our microbiome into account. Our understanding of Asthma and the way we treat…

  • Missing Microbes and Asthma Link Say Multiple Studies – Martin J Blaser MD

    Defeating Asthma Series uncovers New Hope for Asthma Management In this third interview with Martin J Blaser MD, Director of the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences and the Henry Rutgers Chair of the Human Microbiome and Professor of Medicine and Microbiology at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical…