The human gut harbors a complex ecosystem of trillions of microorganisms (the microbiome), which influences digestion, the ...

In a recent study published in the journal PLOS Biology, researchers adapt a strain of human body lice to a membrane feeder to study its infection dynamics with Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of ...

Scientists have long debated whether human body lice might have helped drive the rapid spread of the bacteria responsible for the deadly plague in the Middle Ages, known as the Black Death. Subscribe ...

New research suggests that our microbiomes can even help us resist the effects of ageing... If we treat them right.

"We need to develop better antimicrobial treatments for these suffering patients, and we need to do it now." ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to influence the bacteria living in our mouths — not by killing them, but by interrupting how they “talk” to each other. Researchers found that dental plaque ...

Recent research conducted by scientists from Washington State University discusses the unsettling attraction certain disease-causing bacteria have toward human blood. These bacteria, including strains ...

Dr Almeida, the senior author of the new report, sees huge potential for using the gut microbiome to improve medical diagnostics and treatment. The group of bacteria called Enterobacteriaceae, ...

The image below represents the 'human microbiome tree of life' which includes the thousands of new species that were discovered in this work. It is thus a representation of the total diversity of the ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—the so-called “forever chemicals”—have long been known to accumulate in the human body, raising alarms due to links with decreased fertility, cardiovascular ...

Scientists have uncovered how graphene oxide pulls off a remarkable trick: it hunts down and destroys harmful bacteria while ...

Hygiene in everyday items that touch the body—such as clothing, masks, and toothbrushes—is critically important. The underlying principle of how graphene selectively eliminates only bacteria has now ...