The human brain is a greedy organ. It gulps energy, demands constant upkeep, and somehow grew far larger (relative to body ...

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...

A newly identified class of RNA molecules has been discovered in bacteria living inside the human body. These circular ...

New research shows that 'hacking' the communication channels between microbes in the mouth could boost levels of beneficial ...

For the first time, a consortium of researchers organized by the National Institutes of Health, including a University of Colorado Boulder professor, has mapped the normal microbial makeup of healthy ...

Christopher J. Damman consults for BCD Biosciences and Supergut. Tae Seok Moon is affiliated with the Engineering Biology Research Consortium. The human body is a complex organism, made up of ...

Many everyday chemicals can damage beneficial gut bacteria and potentially fuel antibiotic resistance, prompting calls to ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—the so-called “forever chemicals”—have long been known to accumulate in the human body, raising alarms due to links with decreased fertility, cardiovascular ...

Scientists have long debated whether human body lice might have helped drive the rapid spread of the bacteria responsible for the deadly plague in the Middle Ages, known as the Black Death. It’s clear ...

Bacteria uses multiple defense mechanisms to survive in the host body. Shigella bacteria, that causes colitis, disable multiple host defense pathways using three specialized effector proteins, as ...