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Feb. 28, 2020
Microbes
Your update on all things gut microbiome, from the
AGA Center for Gut Microbiome Research and Education.
 
AGA Microbiome Update is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Danone North America.
FROM OUR EXPERTS
Probiotics video Geoffrey Preidis
For more than two years, members of the AGA Institute Clinical Guidelines Committee and AGA Center for Gut Microbiome Research and Education have been hard at work on AGA?s clinical guideline and technical review on the role of probiotics in the management of GI disease. Their draft is now ready for your review.
MICROBIOME EDUCATION
Future microbes
Erica D. Sonnenburg, PhD, authors our final article in the four-part CME series titled, "The Microbiome and Digestive Health: A Look at Prebiotics." This educational activity is supported by an educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline. 
People at meeting
The AGA Institute Council Microbiome & Microbial Therapy Section is planning extensive gut microbiome education at DDW? 2020. Use the DDW Online Planner to view session details, and filter by AGA or the microbiome track. Register by March 18 for the early bird rate.
NEWS & EVENTS FROM THE AGA CENTER
Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit 2020 in Madrid
Register for the 2020 Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit ? March 7-8 in Madrid, Spain.
Ana Maldonado-Contreras
Meet a young investigator studying the role of food and the microbiome in gut health.
FDA blocks
AGA is in close discussion with FDA as they work to finalize policy on fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). 
FMT registry
The FMT National Registry is recruiting investigators interested in contributing to the largest FMT study of its kind. 
AGA advocates for FMT Registry support, antimicrobial resistance funding
 
In coordination with the Stakeholder Forum on Antimicrobial Resistance, we met with members of the House Appropriations Committee to seek support for report language to ensure that NIH continues to fund AGA's Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) National Registry. The FMT registry will help GI practices better understand the long-term outcomes for patients who receive FMT to treat C. difficile or potentially other conditions in the future.
AGA AND THE MICROBIOME IN THE NEWS
Ulcerative colitis may be linked to missing gut microbe
Healthline, February 2020, Featuring Eugene Chang, MD, AGAF, and Emeran Mayer, MD, PhD
Gastroenterology in 2030: What the specialty will look like in 10 years
Becker?s GI & Endoscopy, December 2019, Featuring Purna Kashyap, MBBS
FDA to consider new evidence, risks behind fecal matter transplants for C. diff treatment
STAT, November 2019, Featuring Colleen Kelly, MD, and Elizabeth Hohmann, MD
RECENT PUBLICATIONS IN AGA JOURNALS
Differences in fecal microbiomes and metabolomes of people with vs without irritable bowel syndrome and bile acid malabsorption
Jeffery, I.B., Das, A., O?Herlihy, E. et al. Gastroenterology. 2019 Dec 14. DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.11.301 [Online ahead of print]
Development of the microbiota and associations with birth mode, diet, and atopic disorders in a longitudinal analysis of stool samples, collected from infancy through early childhood
Galazzo, G., van Best, N., Bervoets, L. et al. Gastroenterology. 2020 Jan 17. DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.01.024. [Online ahead of print]
Synbiotic alters fecal microbiomes, but not liver fat or fibrosis, in a randomized trial of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Scorletti, E., Afolabi, P.R., Miles E.A. et al. Gastroenterology. 2020 Jan 24. DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.01.031 [Online ahead of print] 
Looking for more? Visit the microbiome article collections in each of our journals:
 
Danone North America
AGA Microbiome Update is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Danone North America.
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