"These diseases were rare a century ago," says Goemans. "But allergies, for instance, are now relatively common, and the reason seems to be related directly to our intestinal flora." She points to ...

More than 600 people who had less healthy intestinal flora developed a serious infection, with this leading in some cases to death. The results of the study are published today in The Lancet Microbe .

In a new study published in Global Ecology and Conservation, researchers have analyzed the relationship between the diet and microbiome, or gut flora, of giraffes in Kenya. By sequencing plant and ...

Gregor Reid, PhD, MBA, is with the Lawson Health Research Institute and also with the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.