AIG Hospitals opens microbiome research centre for chronic gastrointestinal diseases

The Hindu
The Hindu
11h ago
AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad inaugurated the Centre for Microbiome Research India to develop gut microbiome-based science and therapeutics for chronic gastrointestinal diseases.
AIG Hospitals opens microbiome research centre for chronic gastrointestinal diseases
A What happened
AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad inaugurated the Centre for Microbiome Research India on Friday, January 16. Prof Emad El-Omar inaugurated the centre and was appointed Special Scientific Advisor. The centre is intended to study the gut microbiome’s role in health and disease and translate findings into personalised clinical interventions. Dr D. Nageshwar Reddy said the centre will focus on conditions including Inflammatory Bowel Disease, fatty liver disease, obesity and other metabolic disorders, pancreatitis, and other complex gastrointestinal illnesses.

Key insights

  • 1

    Microbiome-based therapies target microbial imbalance in chronic digestive disorders: The hospital release said chronic digestive disorders can involve reduced beneficial microbes, increased harmful microbes, and persistent inflammation, and that microbiome-based therapies aim to restore balance by analysing an individual’s gut bacteria and designing targeted treatments.

  • 2

    Personalised interventions are a stated goal of the new centre: The hospital release said the centre will translate microbiome insights into personalised clinical interventions.

Takeaways

AIG Hospitals has established a microbiome research centre in Hyderabad with Prof Emad El-Omar as Special Scientific Advisor to support personalised microbiome-based approaches for chronic gastrointestinal and metabolic conditions.

Topics

Science & Research Medical Research

Stay ahead with OwlBrief

Daily briefs that distill the world’s important events — clear, verified, and designed for understanding.

Newsletter

Get OwlBrief in your inbox

A fast, high-signal digest of the day’s most important events — plus the context that makes them make sense.

Quick to read. Useful all day.