Researchers at the National University of Singapore have engineered a common gut bacterium to carry a chemotherapy prodrug ...

Researchers found that very small numbers of gut bacteria can translocate to the brain in mice, particularly when gut barrier ...

Researchers from King's College London and the University of Surrey have developed a new technique to measure the content of ...

Explore how probiotic bacteria might be engineered to fight cancer, using Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 in innovative ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A research team led by Washington State University has discovered a phenomenon in which some of the ...

Scientists have created a genomic blueprint for Aeromonas bacteria, which can cause antibiotic-resistant diarrheal disease—with symptoms often misidentified as cholera—in humans and animals.

Scientists have discovered the strongest evidence yet that healthy vertebrates can have brain microbiomes. Samuel Velasco / Quanta Magazine The original version of this story appeared in Quanta ...

Bacteria that cause intestinal infections typically avoid a stinky chemical - one that can kill them at high enough concentrations - inside human intestines, but they may actually swim toward it when ...

Space travel is not for the weak. Astronauts endure motion sickness, disorientation, cardiovascular stress—and that’s before they even reach orbit. Luckily, the bacteria that lives inside us is far ...