Can yogurt help combat colon cancer? Find out how Bifidobacterium in yogurt may offer protective effects against cancer.

Foods like kefir, kimchi, sauerkraut, and kombucha share a common process—fermentation. While they are often praised for ...

A team of researchers has developed a "gut-on-chip" (a miniature model of the human intestine on a chip-sized device) capable ...

Humans have been eating yogurt for millennia. Ancient texts reference its health-promoting properties. Now a new study finds yogurt may reduce the risk of certain types of colon cancer.

Researchers at University of Galway have created the world's largest collection of digital microbes—nearly a quarter million ...

The crucial drugs can have unintended consequences. Innovative therapies could shield the microbiome from their effects.

In a germ-free environment, mice which were not exposed to live microbes showed significantly more anxiety-related behaviour than those with typical resident live microbes.

A specific microbial metabolite in the gut microbiome that helps regulate brain activity is linked to anxiety, a new study in mice has found, suggesting that acting on gut bacteria may help improve ...

Researchers discovered that gut microbiota-derived hexa-acylated LPS enhances the effectiveness of anti-PD-1 cancer ...

Our guts are home to trillions of bacteria, and research over the last few decades has established how essential they are to our physiology – in health and disease.

In a breakthrough for the advanced study of gut health, scientists have developed a 3D microscopic version of the human intestines condensed into a small chip about half the size of a five-cent coin.

Using a new method to study how carbohydrates modify proteins, scientists have discovered that gut bacteria can alter molecular signatures in the brain.