Houseflies greatly amplify the risk of human exposure to harmful microorganisms. Flies caught in three hospices carried microbes that may be resistant to antibiotics.

These bacteria have evolved the ability to resist treatment with antibiotics, and it's making them more deadly and harder to ...

Efforts to combat hyperuricemia may find help from gut microbes, according to Dylan Dodd ... leverage these novel pathways ...

The human digestive system functions as a complex biological network, supported by several mechanisms that work in harmony to ...

Due to its high concentration of resistant starch, potato starch may improve certain aspects of gut health, blood sugar ...

But what does a healthy gut really mean for your body? "The gut is one of the most important organs in the human body. It is ...

Scientists have developed a new technology to efficiently isolate a specific subset of gut bacteria from fecal samples that are recognized by IgA antibodies. These 'IgA-coated' bacteria are associated ...

Metabolic diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes, have become one of the world’s largest public health ...

Recent research confirms that the gut microbiome plays a causal role in various chronic diseases, including infections, ...

A new study reveals that changes in gut microbial load, influenced by factors like diet, age, and antibiotics, drive the presence of bacteria previously linked to diseases such as inflammatory bowel ...

In sickness or in health, the billions of microorganisms that inhabit our guts are our constant companions throughout life.

Many bacterial-linked illnesses, such as inflammatory bowel disease or colorectal cancer, are associated with an overgrowth of gut bacteria thought to be bad actors. But when researchers used a ...