14 Mar 2019 --- Spanish biotech company Biosearch Life has launched a €2.3 million initiative, coined the Gesta Health R&D project: Towards healthier gestation and lactation through modulation of the microbiota in women. The three-year project will target novel solutions to prevent and treat health problems during the preconception stage, pregnancy and lactation. This is through the study of women’s microbiota and the use of probiotic strategies to avoid imbalances in the microbiome and reduce the use of antibiotics.