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Four types of lung cells — including immune cells — function together on a chip environment that simulates respiration and ...

You might also share various microscopic organisms residing on and in you. This community of microorganisms, which consists ...

New research reveals mechanisms to detect and weaken TB bacteria, offering hope against drug resistance on World TB Day.

The human body may seem like a single, self-contained system, but it actually hosts trillions of microscopic organisms. These ...

Researchers from the Earlham Institute, in collaboration with the Department of Biology at the University of Oxford, have ...

Though tiny plastic fragments have been known to accumulate in the brain, liver and placenta, they are especially disruptive ...

A specific microbe found in the human gut appears to be able to boost muscle strength, new research suggests.

Couples living together may share 13% to 30% of their gut bacteria. This was true even when diet (which many couples share) was factored out. Research also shows that couples who live together have ...