In the mouse model, the researchers assessed which microbes or chemical mediators passed from mothers might affect offspring ...

A colony of leafcutter ants is home to more than just one species. Each year, studies reveal new layers of complexity in ...

Study finds gut microbiota composition may be linked to future cardiometabolic disease and cardiovascular events in a large ...

A new Caltech study indicates that drought increases the abundances of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms in soils, which ...

UCLA researchers have uncovered a hidden weakness in some of the deadliest cancers, revealing a potential new strategy for ...

Study shows zoonotic viruses like SARS-CoV-2 can transmit between humans without prior adaptation, unlike lab-passaged ...

Her son had been sick for four months when Blanca Morales started asking about a transplant. It had started with a case of ...

A new study has demonstrated that we now have the tools to study the incredibly complex ecosystems of caves in near real-time ...

You might also share various microscopic organisms residing on and in you. This community of microorganisms, which consists of mainly bacteria, viruses and fungi, is known collectively as the human ...

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease characterized by recurrent intestinal inflammation, abdominal ...

Viral claims about earning money from stool donation highlight growing awareness of fecal microbiota transplantation used to ...

"I was in hospital once and about to be put under sedation. I casually asked how anesthesia works, to which the anesthetist ...