Preterm birth (PTB) remains a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality, with no new preventive therapeutics introduced since the 1970s. Evidence increasingly implicates adverse vaginal microbiome-immune interactions in its aetiology. We report the effects of the live biotherapeutic, Lact...
Introduction. Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite with an exceptional capacity to colonize a broad range of host species and cell types. Successful infection depends on its ability to manipulate host metabolism, including lipid pathways that are essential for membrane biogenes...
18 Bacteroidetes isoaltes were analyzed for their neuroactive potentail using un-targeted and targeted metabolomics. The bacteria were grown to stationary phase, the supernatant was separated and purified using 0.22 um filter. The metabolome from the supernatant was extracted using standard Metha...