Antibiotics are often hailed as miracle drugs for their ability to wipe out dangerous infections, but new research suggests they leave a more lasting footprint on our bodies than previously thought. A ...

This Nature Outlook is editorially independent, produced with financial support from Yakult. About this content. We are not alone in our bodies. Each person is home to trillions of bacteria, viruses ...

Intestinal worms can help reduce inflammation in the human body—but only if they have enough dietary fiber. Without it, they ...

The most extensive study of the gut microbiome in Africa has discovered new microbial species and never-before-reported metagenomes* from several African sites. The gut microbiome has a significant ...

In a series of experiments, researchers found that a communication pathway between the brain and the gut may be integral to ...

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Researchers join Wellcome Leap’s international effort to better understand early biological influences on neurodevelopment.

Many people think of the skin, or perhaps the lungs, as the principal barrier between human bodies and the outside world. Arguably, it is neither. Many would argue that our most intimate relationship ...

As researchers unlock the diagnostic and therapeutic promise of the human microbiome, a new roadmap highlights the urgent need for standardization, better evidence, and clinician education to ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have released a new report that proposes a research strategy to advance understanding of the interactions between environmental chemicals ...

Microbiome composition and diversity in the AWI-Gen 2 cohort. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08485-8 The most extensive study of the gut microbiome in Africa has discovered new ...