A large study shows how everyday food choices shape gut bacteria linked to weight, blood sugar, and overall health.

If gut bacteria are too similar to the protective layer of nerves, they can misdirect the immune system and cause it to attack its own nervous system. This mechanism can accelerate the progression of ...

New research from reveals that the gut microbiome regulates the body's diurnal (day-night) rhythms in stress hormones. Depletion of gut microbiota results in disruptions in the brain's core circadian ...

New research shows some gut bacteria mimic myelin, tricking immunity to attack nerves and worsen MS. Non-inflammatory ...

A new study has discovered that a type of bacteria commonly found in the body, which usually does not pose problems for healthy people, plays a significant role in causing stomach cancer, the fifth ...

Illinois researchers combined microbiology with microfluidic device technology to find that when antibiotics are delivered by flowing fluids, as would be the case in the body, they are more effective ...

The microbial community in the human gut plays a central role in various diseases. An important form of chemical communication between the gut microbiome and the human body comes from small molecules ...

Janosch Heller receives funding from the Irish Research Council (IRCLA/2022/3828). The microbes that live in your gut are having their moment in the sun. Even if you haven’t been following the ...

A new study has discovered that a type of bacteria commonly found in the body, which usually does not pose problems for healthy people, plays a significant role in causing stomach cancer, the fifth ...

Scientists are uncovering a surprising way to influence bacteria—not by killing them, but by changing how they communicate.

Science is full of happy little accidents, as Anthony St Leger and his research team have learnt. They were trying to study the microorganisms that live on the surfaces of the eyes of mice, but were ...