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A milestone for people at risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes
| One in two people is overweight and has several cardiovascular risk factors. Soon, this part of the population will be able to draw on the beneficial... -
New Bacterial Route for Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
| We now know how important gut bacteria are for our overall health: they convert our food into vitamins and other beneficial compounds, boost our... -
Caelus Health and WUR announce publication on newly identified commensal Anaerostipes and its positive impact on metabolic health
| Caelus Health, which develops food supplements and pharmaceutical products for the prevention and early treatment of cardio-metabolic diseases, is... -
'Slimming bacterium' tested on humans for the first time
| Professor Willem de Vos discovered in 2014 the 'slimming bacterium' Akkermansia muciniphila, which helps mice to prevent obesity. Now he has... -
Pasteurised intestinal bacterium reduces effects of obesity and diabetes
| The intestinal bacterium Akkermansia proves to offer enduring benefits for the intestines of overweight mice and diabetic animals. In experiments, the...