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Provides information on the use of probiotic supplements, especially in children. Over-the-counter supplements containing one or more cultures of beneficial bacteria; Diarrhea prevention; Studies on probiotics; Insufficiency of bacteria in yogurt to have the same effect as supplements.

Examines the effectiveness of probiotic yoghurt drinks in irritable bowel syndrome. Ability of probiotics to replenish the natural balance of microorganisms; Increase in beta-galactosidase; Decrease in the urease because of the rise in gut lactobacilli.

Reports on a Swedish study to determine the benefits of treating children's ear infections with nasally administered beneficial bacteria, as well as antibiotics. How antibiotics can kill bacteria that would otherwise compete with or kill pathogens; Use of five species of alphastreptococcus bacteria; Perceived potential of this procedure to reduce dependence on antibiotics.

Discusses two European case studies involving the use of bacteria to combat disease. Possibility that the use of bacteria to fight disease would be less expensive than the mass production of antibodies; Use of genetically engineered Streptococcus gordonii to fight Candida albicans; Use of Lacococcus lactis to make interleukin-10, an anti-inflammatory agent.

Reports on research that has developed a harmless strain of the bacteria streptococcus mutans, which colonizes the teeth of almost everyone by the age of three and leads to cavities. Replacement therapy strategies, which include the swapping of a person's bad bacteria for safe strains; Process of developing the harmless bacteria strain; Outlook for S. mutans replacement therapy.

Reports on the therapeutic effects of probiotics, bacteria that are beneficial to health. Sources of lactobacillus and bifidobacterium; Effect of the combination of both bacteria to excessive weight loss in people with inflammatory bowel disease; How probiotics helps the immune system.

Offers information about eating yogurt to prevent yeast infections. How the live bacteria cultures in yogurt colonize in the intestinal tract and the vaginal canal where they inhibit the growth of yeast.

Reports on the possible use of the bacterium Burkholderia cepacia in fighting plant infections. Ability of the bacterium to remove hydrocarbon contaminants from water and soil; Potential of the bacterium as a natural pesticide for crops.

Reports that a bacterial toxin that can destroy the developing lungs of a newborn child has unexpectedly enabled mice paralyzed by spinal cord injuries to walk again. How the toxin known as CM101 is formed in newborn lungs; The research conducted by Carl G. Hellerqvist of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, that considers CM101 as a cancer drug; How CM101 can mark tumors for destruction; How CMC101 appears to help spinal cord injuries.

The article reports that fecal microbiota transplant via colonoscopy was the most cost-effective strategy for first-line treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection, according to researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital.

The article focuses on a research led by two teams including one led by scientist Laurence Zitvogel and other led by scientists Giorgio Trinchieri and Romina S. Goldszmid, which reveals that gut bacteria helps in fighting pathogens and mice with no gut bacteria cannot respond to cancer therapies.

The article discusses a study conducted by scientists at the Institute of Food Research (IFR) in Great Britain which found the potential of genetically engineered friendly bacteria combined with a sugary drink to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The study showed that the exposure of Bacterium ovatus to xylan activates a beneficial protein, causing inflammation to reduce. Simon Carding, professor at IFR, says that the therapeutic potential was found in animal studies.

The article offers news briefs related to pharmaceutical and technological technology industry in 2008. The SmarCell program is specifically intended to turn plant cells into medical factories because of the discovery that plants generate valuable secondary metabolic compounds that are too complex to economically chemically synthesize. American and Philippine scientists conduct studies to discover drugs and biofuels from microbes in tropical seas.

The article reports that potential prebiotic properties of almond has been discovered by the Institute of Food Research (IFR) in California. It says that the almond prebiotic properties could help improve digestive health by increasing levels of beneficial gut bacteria. Through the assistance of Almond Board of California, the IFR scientists used the Model Gut, a physical and biochemical simulator of the gastro-intestinal tract, to subject almonds to the same conditions experienced in the stomach and small intestine. An amount of digested almonds was added to an in vitro batch system and monitored its effect on the populations of intestinal bacteria. The finely ground almonds were found out to be of importance in increasing the levels of certain beneficial gut bacteria.

The article reports on the research indicating that Botulinum toxin may treat the chronic pain of tennis elbow. The research was conducted the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Prince of Wales Hospital.