The trillions of microbes living in the human gut are increasingly recognised as important partners in human health.

When bacteria cells replicate, they do so a little differently than human cells do. They don't undergo mitosis, a splitting that involves construction of spindles to carefully separate the DNA after ...

Recent research indicates a link between an animal’s gut bacteria and brain function. This may be true in humans, too.

A dermatologist outlines a handful of body parts many people fail to wash properly. (Guido Mieth via ) It's easy to think of ...

The first vaccines a two-month-old child gets in England offer protection against three species of virus and ...

Neanderthals may have used birch tar for more than tools. New research shows it could slow bacteria and help protect wounds.

Researchers use a novel process involving engineered Escherichia coli to turn plastic waste into levodopa, a frontline ...

(Nikita Armyagov/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Scientists discovered GLP-1 mimics like Ozempic by way of the Gila monster, and now, a metabolite in python blood is also showing promise for future weight ...

Researchers at UC Davis School of Medicine have uncovered how an imbalanced gut microbiome escalates the production of metabolic byproducts by certain gut bacteria. This imbalance drives a feedback ...

A common oral bacterium tied to gum disease may help spark and fuel breast cancer, according to new research. Scientists discovered it can travel through the bloodstream to breast tissue, where it ...

The Utica Zoo’s red panda Mei Lin was found to have died from an intestinal infection after extensive testing at Cornell ...

The congressional Food Safety Caucus is asking the FDA to exercise its authority and force Raw Farm LLC to recall its raw ...