Jumana Y. Al-Aama

TL;DR: The gut microbiota of infants delivered by C-section showed significantly less resemblance to their mothers and nutrition had a major impact on early microbiota composition and function, with cessation of breast-feeding, rather than introduction of solid food, being required for maturation into an adult-like microbiota.

TL;DR: The integrated gene catalog (IGC) is established comprising 9,879,896 genes, which includes close-to-complete sets of genes for most gut microbes, which are also of considerably higher quality than in previous catalogs.

TL;DR: Altered alterations in the gut, dental or saliva microbiome distinguished individuals with RA from healthy controls, were correlated with clinical measures and could be used to stratify individuals on the basis of their response to therapy.

TL;DR: It is suggested that faecal microbiome-based strategies may be useful for early diagnosis and treatment of colorectal adenoma or carcinoma and high intake of red meat relative to fruits and vegetables appears to associate with outgrowth of bacteria that might contribute to a more hostile gut environment.

TL;DR: The first metagenomic profiling study of CRC faecal microbiomes is presented to discover and validate microbial biomarkers in ethnically different cohorts, and to independently validate selected biomarkers using an affordable clinically relevant technology.