The crucial drugs can have unintended consequences. Innovative therapies could shield the microbiome from their effects.

A recent paper published in Science magazine by researcher Blanca Barquera, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences at ...

Weighing in at nearly 2 kilos, our gut bacteria seem to play an even bigger role than was previously thought. These bacteria ...

These communities of microorganisms – also known collectively as the gut flora or gastrointestinal microbiome – can either help or harm us. However, the exact mechanisms by which these gut microbes ...

Driven by a fascination with bacteria, microbiologist Julie Kopczyńska has trawled through existing research on the gut ...

Harvard researchers have found that M. morganii may contribute to depression by producing an inflammatory molecule.

A team of US-based scientists have found “a probable causal connection” between a form of bacteria found in the human gut and the onset of depression. Carried out by a team from Harvard ...

University of Virginia Cancer Center researchers have explained the failure of immune checkpoint therapy for ovarian cancer ...

There could be new hope for people afflicted with the skin-discoloring disease, vitiligo. A new treatment reportedly works ...

Using a new method to study how carbohydrates modify proteins, scientists have discovered that gut bacteria can alter molecular signatures in the brain.