Bacteria in the gut have been implicated in autoimmune diseases, like lupus, that don't primarily affect the gastrointestinal ...

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

Some bacteria abide against antibiotics not because they are good at hiding, but because their growth slows when nutrients ...

A new study reveals that close social contacts, such as friends, influence the composition of the microbiota — the community of microorganisms living inside the body that plays a crucial role in maint ...

Bacteria can turn bile acids into forms that strongly activate FXR, signaling the body to slow down bile production ... Importantly, BA-MCYs were also detected in human blood samples, indicating ...

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

The group of bacteria called Enterobacteriaceae ... as part of a healthy human gut microbiome. But at high levels -- caused for example by increased inflammation in the body, or by eating ...

Antibiotics are a double-edged sword—they should be as toxic as possible to pathogenic bacteria while being harmless to the cells of the human body. An international research team led by the ...

Oral squamous cell cancer (OSCC) is a deadly disease that starts in the cells lining the mouth. It is often diagnosed late, making it hard to treat. Each year, around 450,000 people die from OSCC, ...

The group of bacteria called Enterobacteriaceae, including Klebsiella pneumoniae, Shigella, E.coli and others, is present at ...