No matter how much they brush their teeth, some people still get more cavities than others, in part because of differences in ...

We each carry thousands of different species of microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tracts, and that gut microbiome has a powerful influence on various aspects of our health. Scientists have been ...

The human body has always been crowded with microscopic passengers, from bacteria to viruses and fungi. Over the past two ...

(THE CONVERSATION) — When the first humans moved out of Africa, they carried their gut microbes with them. Turns out, these microbes also evolved along with them. There is pronounced variation in the ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that the gut microbiome does more than aid digestion. It may also influence how ...

Bacteria in the human gut can directly deliver proteins into human cells, actively shaping immune responses. A consortium led ...

A major new review of human studies finds consistent differences in gut bacterial communities between people with mild ...

What if your gut microbes helped power your brain? A new study reveals that the energy-hungry human brain may have evolved with a big assist from our gut bacteria. By transplanting gut microbes from ...

Urban living with Gizmo the cat. Image: Tim Sandle. Urban living with Gizmo the cat. Image: Tim Sandle. Analysis of gut microbiomes in distantly related vertebrates from urban and rural areas has ...

Your body is home to 10 times as many microbes as its own cells. But they can be quite picky about where they will settle – and what other bacteria they’ll share fences with. That’s the conclusion of ...

A newly identified metabolite in human feces improves immunotherapy and could radically change the treatment of lung cancer.