Gut microbiome researcher Purna C. Kashyap, MBBS, shares the latest insights on the role of probiotics, disorders of the ...

Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), in collaboration with the University of the Virgin Islands ...

In most people, these bacteria coexist peacefully and contribute to a mutually beneficial relationship, with both human and ...

It can start small: a peculiar numbness, a subtle facial tic, an inexplicably stiff muscle. But then time goes by — and eventually, the tremors set in. Roughly a million people in the United States ...

In a recent review published in the journal Microbiome, researchers synthesized evidence on how maternal intestinal bacteria, human milk components, and the maternal environment influence infant ...

In a recent study in the journal Nutrients, researchers collated and synthesized almost 250 peer-reviewed publications investigating the "oral-gut axis," a complex, bidirectional communication network ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have discovered that disease-causing microbes can travel thousands of miles on high-level winds, posing a new threat to global public health. Researchers have ...

People are often told to stay active and eat healthy foods for good health. But there is still plenty of debate about what constitutes a healthy diet, and whether that diet would be the same for all ...

Whether in the gut, mouth, or on the skin, the human body is colonized by bacteria. Most of them are beneficial and we find ...

It's well established that gum disease and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are strongly linked. But what wasn't known, until a ...

Near-weightless conditions can mutate genes and alter the physical structures of bacteria and phages, disrupting their normal ...

A terrifying outbreak of deadly bacteria at a Bay Area homeless encampment has sparked urgent calls for action in Los Angeles ...