Researchers have long known that bacteria could potentially be used to deliver therapeutic drugs inside the human body.

Your gut is shaped by more than diet. A study shows your genes decide which microbes live inside your gut and how they affect ...

A new species of bacteria has come to light in Brazil. It’s genetically similar to two other disease-causing bacteria from the Andes, which are known to infect humans through sand fly bites. According ...

The IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, has established a new expert group that will help shape conservation priorities for a previously overlooked but vital group of organisms: microbes ...

Scientists are uncovering surprising links between aging and the trillions of microbes living in the human gut.

Antibiotics are a double-edged sword—they should be as toxic as possible to pathogenic bacteria while being harmless to the cells of the human body. An international research team led by the Helmholtz ...

A study in the US trialling genetically modified gut bacteria in humans has had a potential escapee, after the microbe mutated. The team of researchers at Stanford University undertook early clinical ...

A sugar molecule churned out by gut bacteria may be one of the missing triggers behind ALS, and eliminating it in mice ...

Researchers found that beneficial gut bacteria and ocean microbes use nearly identical molecular systems to break down ...

A partially opened freezer drawer labeled with the letter I. Microbes are stored in an ultra-low-temperature freezer at the University of Zurich. So far, the facility houses about 1,200 stool samples ...