Cancer remains notoriously difficult to treat, partly because tumors co‑opt their surrounding environment, including the ...

Yibin Zhu’s work highlights how microbiota from both the hosts and vectors can either promote or suppress virus transmission.

The microbiome is a gut-wrenching mystery. One day, it’s the key to immortality; the next, it’s just along for the ride. If you’ve ever been told to fear sweeteners, shun sugar, and bow to fermented ...

Even if we can't see them, microorganisms are everywhere, inextricably linked to life on Earth at every level. They range from pathogenic bacteria and viruses that can make us sick to the microbes ...

Let’s begin with microbes A microbe is a very small, living organism that’s usually visible only under a microscope. Its name ...

WONDERLAB, a leading Chinese probiotics company ranked No.1 in probiotic sales in China,¹ has published the Targeted Microbiota Weight Management White Paper, a strain-specific framework for ...

Scientists blended one sample, split it, and shipped it out. What came back exposed a problem the whole industry shares.

The presence of certain bacteria in the gut microbiota, and fluctuations in a person's metabolism, can be seen in people who ...

A team of researchers led by Carnegie Science's Will Ludington, Karina Gutiérrez-García, and Kevin Aumiller identified genes that enable a beneficial bacterial species to colonize specific regions of ...

There's no scientific evidence that the gut microbiome causes autism, a group of scientists argue in an opinion paper published in Neuron. They point to the fact that conclusions from past research ...