Deep dive into the gut unlocks new disease treatments
Originally published by Hudson Institute of Medical Research, on October 20, 2023 Associate Professor Samuel Forster from Hudson Institute of Medical Research is developing new ways of understanding interactions within the human gut microbiome. Credit: Hudson Institute of Medical Research The more diverse species in your gut, the better it is for your health. Now an international team led by the Hudson Institute of Medical Research has found a way to determine which species are important and how they interact to create a healthy microbiome . Understanding these relationships opens the door to a new world of medical opportunities for conditions from inflammatory bowel disease to infections , autoimmune diseases and cancer s. Associate Professor Samuel Forster and his team at Hudson Institute of Medical Research, working with collaborators from the Institute for Systems Biology in the U.S. and local collaborators at Monash University and Monash Health, have spent years stud