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The microbiome is a great ally of our health. It performs a fundamental role in the functioning of the immune and digestive systems, among many others. However, there is still very limited knowledge ...

The bacteria and microorganisms that live within the human body - the microbiota - can impact human health, disease risk and even how the body absorbs medications, but the details of these processes ...

Scientists Wednesday unveiled the first catalog of the bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms that populate every nook and cranny of the human body. Researchers hope the advance marks an important ...

Christopher J. Damman consults for BCD Biosciences and Supergut. Tae Seok Moon is affiliated with the Engineering Biology Research Consortium. The human body is a complex organism, made up of ...

Beneficial gut microbes and the body work together to fine-tune fat metabolism and cholesterol levels, according to a new preclinical study by investigators from Weill Cornell Medicine and the Boyce ...

Researchers at Insilixa, a healthcare startup based in Sunnyvale, Calif., created a biochip that is able to complete microbial scans in two hours without the need for cultures, according to Science.

The experiment began with a straightforward prediction: microbes from older mice would age young ovaries. But when the results came in, the data pointed the other way. In a new study in Nature Aging, ...

Scientists have long debated whether human body lice might have helped drive the rapid spread of the bacteria responsible for the deadly plague in the Middle Ages, known as the Black Death. It’s clear ...

Unseen but all around us, the air we breathe in enclosed spaces is crucial to our health and well-being. Indoor air is not simply outdoor air that has been run through a filter: it has its own ...