The human microbiome, the diverse microbial community residing within and on the human body, has garnered significant ...

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

Our gut is a bustling hub of activity, home to trillions of microbes that work together with our bodies to keep us healthy. A ...

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 ...

A new study has found that many everyday chemicals can harm the good bacteria living in your gut. These bacteria are ...

Researchers at IIT Delhi on Tuesday announced the development of an ingestible device that can sample bacteria directly from ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—the so-called “forever chemicals”—have long been known to accumulate in the human body, raising alarms due to links with decreased fertility, cardiovascular ...

Bacteria uses multiple defense mechanisms to survive in the host body. Shigella bacteria, that causes colitis, disable multiple host defense pathways using three specialized effector proteins, as ...