Research advancing current scientific understanding of the health benefits of berries continues to increase. The Berry Health Benefits Symposium (BHBS) is a biennial meeting highlighting the most recent berry health benefits research from all over the world. Pismo Beach, California was the venue for the seventh biennial BHBS in 2017, and featured oral invited papers on heart health and healthy aging, gut/microbiome health, brain aging, inflammation, cancer prevention, berry special topics, technology and chemistry. These thematic health areas, while not exhaustive, characterize the state of berry health benefits science. The advancing field now encompasses human efficacy trials along with the most recent animal model and cell culture work elucidating mechanisms of action. Similar to past meetings, the research findings at the 2017 BHBS primarily focused on blackberries, blueberries, red raspberries, black raspberries, cranberries, and strawberries. However, research on other berry fruits, such as chokeberry (aronia berry), cloudberry, and bilberry were also covered. The BHBS continues to be a leading forum for interactions between scientists and berry industry stakeholders. The cluster of papers in this issue represents a snapshot of presentations at the 2017 BHBS, which support the positive biological effects of berries on human health and disease risk reduction.

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第七届两年期浆果健康益处专题讨论会

促进当前对浆果健康益处的科学理解的研究不断增加。浆果健康益处专题讨论会（BHBS）是两年一次的会议，重点介绍了来自世界各地的最新浆果健康益处研究。加利福尼亚州庇斯摩海滩（Pismo Beach）是2017年第七届两年一度的BHBS的举办地，特色是关于心脏健康和健康衰老，肠道/微生物组健康，大脑衰老，炎症，预防癌症，浆果特别主题，技术和化学的口头邀请论文。这些主题健康领域虽然并不详尽，但却代表了浆果健康有益科学的现状。现在的发展领域包括人类功效试验以及最新的动物模型和阐明作用机理的细胞培养工作。与过去的会议类似，2017 BHBS的研究结果主要集中在黑莓，蓝莓，红树莓，黑树莓，蔓越莓和草莓。但是，也涵盖了其他浆果的研究，例如苦莓（aronia berry），野莓和越橘。BHBS仍然是科学家与浆果行业利益相关者之间互动的主要论坛。本期的论文集代表了2017年BHBS演讲的快照，该演讲支持浆果对人类健康和减少疾病风险的积极生物学作用。BHBS仍然是科学家与浆果行业利益相关者之间互动的主要论坛。本期的论文集代表了2017年BHBS演讲的快照，该演讲支持浆果对人类健康和减少疾病风险的积极生物学作用。BHBS仍然是科学家与浆果行业利益相关者之间互动的主要论坛。本期的论文集代表了2017年BHBS演讲的快照，该演讲支持浆果对人类健康和减少疾病风险的积极生物学作用。