Researchers have identified bacteria living in human saliva that can break down the two most dangerous peanut allergy ...

A growing body of research now links the trillions of microbes living in the human gut to how well people age, with recent studies identifying specific bacterial signatures that distinguish healthy ...

The gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis has long presented researchers with a paradox. It has been associated with colorectal cancer, yet it also lives quite happily in most healthy people. A study by ...

Scientists are advancing a radical approach to cancer therapy by engineering bacteria capable of infiltrating tumours and breaking them down from within, exploiting the low-oxygen conditions at their ...