Media Coverage

ISB researchers collaborated on an international research project that found a way to determine which species in the gut are important and how they interact to create a healthy microbiome.

ISB Associate Professor Dr. Sean Gibbons was a guest on the ISAPP Science, Microbes & Health podcast. In this episode, Gibbons talked about exploring and manipulating the complex ecology of the microbiome with the aim of engineering outputs of this system, as well as the utility of AI in microbiome science and how the microbiome will play a role in personalized medicine in the future, including in the delivery of probiotics and prebiotics.

The ISB-led prospective randomized controlled trial called COCOA – Coaching for Cognition in Alzheimer’s – showed that supplementing personalized coaching along with the standard of treatment leads to less cognitive decline in early-stage Alzheimer’s patients than standard of care alone.

The Journalist’s Resource featured work by ISB researchers showing four predictive factors of long COVID. The Journalist’s Resource was created by Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy as an open-access online publication for journalists.

The Economist highlights work by several ISB researchers showing that gut microbiome patterns reflect healthy aging and predict survival in humans. The work was originally published in the scientific journal Nature Metabolism.

Lee Hood and Nathan Price were guests on the Doctor’s Farmacy podcast, and spoke with Dr. Mark Hyman about the future of personalized healthcare through scientific wellness, how AI is changing the medical industry, and much more.

Lee Hood and Nathan Price discuss their approach to scientific wellness – distilling data into a simple, actionable measurement: biological age. Their goal is to leverage technology to compile data from the brain, body, gut microbiome, and more to create a model for scientific wellness.

Senior Research Scientist Cory Funk was interviewed for a story looking at viruses being the cause of Alzheimer’s disease and examining a preprint paper showing that a shingles vaccine could prevent 20 percent of dementia cases.