A familiar mouth bacterium best known for causing cavities may also be quietly influencing the brain. Scientists found that ...

All living organisms adapt in order to survive, and bacteria are no exception. Over many decades, some bacteria have ...

"The UN estimates that by 2050, common bacterial infections could kill more people than cancer," says Arnold Mathijssen, a ...

Scientists reveal how bacteria switch direction through a microscopic tug-of-war inside their motors, driven by energy and ...

Inflammatory gut bacteria that carry proteins structurally similar to myelin may trigger the development and progression of ...

The discovery that tissues use electricity to expel unhealthy cells is part of a surge of renewed interest in the currents ...

An international research team has uncovered compelling evidence that gut-microbe-derived molecules may play an important ...

Researchers have discovered that mimicking cold exposure or fasting can trigger an immune response in the body that slows ...

A recent study shows that bacteria living inside colorectal tumors form distinct ecosystems that are closely linked to how ...

In a study published in Science on January 9, the teams of Jeremy Murray and ZHANG Yu from the Center for Excellence in ...

A new study finds that people whose gut microbiomes produce a lot of methane are able to unlock extra energy from a ...